Why the study?
Do endogenous and exogenous hormonal factors influence the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage in women?
Population
103 women with an incident, spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and 206 age- and sex-matched controls from…
Comparison
Endogenous and exogenous hormonal factors vs Postmenopausal status, non-use of hormone…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for hormonal influences on subarachnoid hemorrhage risk; should not yet change clinical practice.
Do endogenous and exogenous hormonal factors influence the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage in women?
Premenopausal status and hormone replacement therapy (particularly in smokers) are associated with a reduced risk of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage in women.
W.T. Longstreth (1994) studied this question.
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