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Valeria Caso¹, Maurizio Paciaroni, Giancarlo Agnelli

¹Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy. vcaso@hotmail.com

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Women experience more stroke events and have poorer recovery than men. However, female gender is not an independent predictor of negative stroke outcomes, despite differing risk factors and stroke types.

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Epidemiology
Public Health

Background:

Women experience a disproportionately higher burden of stroke events and recovery challenges compared to men.
While age-specific stroke incidence is higher in men, women's longer life expectancy leads to a greater overall number of strokes.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate gender-based disparities in stroke risk factors, treatment approaches, and patient outcomes.
To identify independent predictors of stroke outcomes, considering gender differences.

Main Methods:

A prospective study involving consecutive ischemic stroke patients across four centers.
Assessment of disability using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days post-stroke.
Statistical comparison of risk factors and outcomes between genders using chi-squared tests and logistic regression analysis.

Main Results:

Women were older on average and presented with higher NIH Stroke Scale scores at admission.
Females showed a higher incidence of cardioembolic strokes, while males had more lacunar and atherosclerotic strokes.
Mean mRS scores at 3 months were significantly different between genders, indicating greater disability in women.

Conclusions:

Female gender was not identified as an independent predictor of negative stroke outcomes in multivariate analysis.
Significant differences exist in stroke pathophysiology between genders.
These gender-specific findings necessitate tailored approaches in the diagnostic workup and treatment planning for stroke patients.