Sex Difference and Rupture Rate of Intracranial Aneurysms: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.
Charlotte C M ZuurbierRob MolenbergLiselore A MensingMarieke J H WermerSeppo JuvelaAntti E LindgrenJuha E JääskeläinenTimo KoivistoTomosato YamazakiMaarten UyttenboogaartJ Marc C van DijkMarlien W AalbersAkio MoritaShinjiro TominariHajime AraiKazuhiko NozakiYuichi MurayamaToshihiro IshibashiHiroyuki TakaoRenato GondarPhilippe BijlengaGabriel J E RinkelJacoba P GrevingYnte M RuigrokPublished in: Stroke (2022)
Women have a higher risk of aneurysmal rupture than men and this sex difference is not explained by differences in patient- and aneurysm-related risk factors for aneurysmal rupture. Future studies should focus on the factors explaining the higher risk of aneurysmal rupture in women.