Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality After Stroke in the INSTRUCT (INternational STRoke oUtComes sTudy): A

Hoang T Phan1, Christopher L Blizzard1, Mathew J Reeves1

  • 1From the Menzies Institute for Medical Research Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (H.T.P., C.L.B., P.O., S.G.); Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (H.T.P.); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing (M.J.R.); Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (A.G.T., D.C.); Florey Institute Neuroscience and Mental Health, Heidelberg, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (D.C.); Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (J.S.); George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (E.H., C.A.); Hellenic Cardiovascular Research Society, Athens, Greece (V.K.); National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Auckland, New Zealand (P.P., R.K., V.F.); School of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand (S.B.-C.); University of Burgundy, Dijon, France (Y.B.); University Hospital of Dijon, France (Y.B.); Clinica Neurológica de Joinville, Joinville Stroke Registry, University of Joinville Region-Univille, Brazil (N.L.C.); Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Neurological Institute, University of L'Aquila, Italy (A.C., S.S.); Stroke Unit, Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France (N.C.); Stroke Unit, University Hospital of Bordeaux, France (S.O.); Stroke Prevention Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom (P.R.); UNIFAI, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal (C.S., M.C., R.M.); Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Sweden (P.A.); Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Tartu, Estonia (J.K., R.V.); and Departamento de Neurologia, Psicologia e Psiquiatria, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (C.M.).

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