Ten-Year Trends in Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Factors, In-Hospital Management, and Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke in China: Analyses of a Nationwide Serial Cross-Sectional Survey from 2005 to 2015.

Compared to men, women patients with ischemic stroke had a steadily higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, a slower increase rate in the administration of key secondary prevention drugs, and comparable in-hospital outcomes. More effort should be paid to the treatment and control of cardiovascular risk factors and also to the prescription of antiplatelets at discharge for women.