The impact of risk factor trends on intracerebral hemorrhage incidence over the last two decades-The Tromsø Study.
Maria CarlssonTom WilsgaardStein Harald JohnsenLiv-Hege JohnsenMaja-Lisa LøchenInger NjølstadEllisiv Bøgeberg MathiesenPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2018)
We observed a significant decrease in intracerebral hemorrhage incidence in women, but not in men. A steeper BP decrease in women may have contributed to the diverging trends. The high proportion of untreated and sub-optimally treated hypertension calls for improved strategies for prevention of intracerebral hemorrhage.