Sex differences in treatment and outcome after stroke: Pooled analysis including 19,000 participants.
Cheryl CarcelXia WangElse Charlotte SandsetCandice DelcourtHisatomi ArimaRichard I LindleyMaree L HackettPablo LavadosThompson G RobinsonPaula Muñoz VenturelliVerónica V OlavarríaAlejandro BrunserEivind BergeJohn ChalmersMark WoodwardCraig S AndersonPublished in: Neurology (2019)
This analysis suggests that women who had ischemic stroke had better survival but were also more disabled and had poorer quality of life. Variations in hospital and out-of-hospital management may partly explain the disparities.