Impact of sex in stroke in the young.
Anina SchwarzwaldUrs FischerDavid SeiffgeMorin BeyelerAdrian ScutelnicJohannes KaesmacherPasquale MordasiniTomas DobrockyJan GrallaMirjam R HeldnerRoza UmarovaThomas R MeinelMarcel ArnoldSimon JungBarbara Goeggel SimonettiPublished in: PloS one (2023)
The main finding of this study is that sex specific risk factors in women may contribute to a large extent to the higher incidence of stroke in the very young in women. Important modifiable stroke risk factors, such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation did not differ in women and men, either in the young as well as in the very young. These findings have major implications for primary preventive strategies of stroke in young people.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- middle aged
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- catheter ablation
- pregnancy outcomes
- arterial hypertension
- direct oral anticoagulants
- cervical cancer screening
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- pregnant women
- mitral valve
- coronary artery disease
- weight loss
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- brain injury
- skeletal muscle