Key result
Female sex accounted for a higher proportion of strokes in the very young age group (16-35 years) compared to men (53.8% vs 46.2%), largely driven by sex-specific risk factors.
Why the study?
Do risk factors, etiology, stroke localization, severity, management, and outcome differ by sex in young patients (16-55 years) with acute ischemic stroke?
Population
689 patients aged 16-55 years with acute ischemic stroke consecutively included in the Bernese stroke…
Design
Cohort
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May support sex-specific risk assessment in very young women with stroke; leaves open whether findings alter management or outcomes.
Cohort (n=689)
No
Do risk factors, etiology, stroke localization, severity, management, and outcome differ by sex in young patients (16-55 years) with acute ischemic stroke?
Absolute Event Rate: 53.8% vs 46.2%
p-value: p=<0.001
Sex-specific risk factors in women contribute significantly to the higher incidence of stroke in very young women (16-35 years), while traditional modifiable risk factors do not differ by sex in young stroke patients.
Schwarzwald et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Acute ischemic stroke in young adults (n=689). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on Proportion of stroke cases in the very young age group (16-35 years) (p=<0.001). Female sex accounted for a higher proportion of strokes in the very young age group (16-35 years) compared to men (53.8% vs 46.2%), largely driven by sex-specific risk factors.
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