Sex Differences in Poststroke Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter Study in 2343 Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Lieza Geertje ExaltoNick A WeaverHugo J KuijfHugo P AbenHee Joon BaeJonathan G BestRegis BordetChristopher Li Hsian ChenRuben S van der GiessenOlivier GodefroyBibek GyanwaliOlivia K L HamiltonSaima HilalIrene M C Huenges WajerJonguk KimL Jaap KappelleBeom Joon KimSebastiaan KöhlerPaul L M de KortPeter J KoudstaalJae-Sung LimStephen D J MakinVincent C T MokRobert J Van OostenbruggeMartine RousselJulie StaalsMaria Del Carmen Valdés-HernándezNarayanaswamy VenketasubramanianFrans R J VerheyJoanna Marguerite WardlawDavid John WerringXin XuMartine J E van ZandvoortJohannes Matthijs BiesbroekFrancesca M ChappellGeert Jan BiesselsPublished in: Stroke (2023)
Sex was not associated with PSCI occurrence but affected domains differed between men and women. The latter may explain why sensitivity of the Mini-Mental State Examination for detecting PSCI was higher in women with a lower specificity compared with men. These sex differences need to be considered when screening for and diagnosing PSCI in clinical practice.