BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine gender differences in outcomes and mortality in Korean stroke patients. METHODS: We analyzed the demographics, risk factors, in-hospital mortality, functional outcomes at discharge, and any-cause mortality over a 5-year period for 18,364 Korean patients, and determined a cumulative mortality rate using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to elucidate gender differences in stroke outcomes. RESULTS: Women suffered strokes that were severer than those suffered by men. Although women had a lower risk of any-cause death than men, they exhibited poorer functional status at discharge. CONCLUSION: In Korea, women lived longer, but had greater disabilities after strokes than men, indicating the need to develop gender-specific interventions to improve stroke outcomes and reduce the disability burden in women. Copyright 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine gender differences in outcomes and mortality in Korean strokepatients. METHODS: We analyzed the demographics, risk factors, in-hospital mortality, functional outcomes at discharge, and any-cause mortality over a 5-year period for 18,364 Korean patients, and determined a cumulative mortality rate using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to elucidate gender differences in stroke outcomes. RESULTS:Women suffered strokes that were severer than those suffered by men. Although women had a lower risk of any-cause death than men, they exhibited poorer functional status at discharge. CONCLUSION: In Korea, women lived longer, but had greater disabilities after strokes than men, indicating the need to develop gender-specific interventions to improve stroke outcomes and reduce the disability burden in women. Copyright 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Authors: Hoang T Phan; Mathew J Reeves; Christopher L Blizzard; Amanda G Thrift; Dominique A Cadilhac; Jonathan Sturm; Petr Otahal; Peter Rothwell; Yannick Bejot; Norberto L Cabral; Peter Appelros; Janika Kõrv; Riina Vibo; Cesar Minelli; Seana L Gall Journal: J Am Heart Assoc Date: 2019-01-08 Impact factor: 5.501