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Title: Sex Differences in Severity of Stroke in the INSTRUCT Study: a Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data.
Austin Authors: Phan, Hoang T;Reeves, Mathew J;Blizzard, Christopher L;Thrift, Amanda G;Cadilhac, Dominique A;Sturm, Jonathan;Otahal, Petr;Rothwell, Peter;Bejot, Yannick;Cabral, Norberto L;Appelros, Peter;Kõrv, Janika;Vibo, Riina;Minelli, Cesar;Gall, Seana L
Affiliation: Stroke Prevention Research Unit Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford United Kingdom
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Michigan State University East Lansing MI..
Department of Medicine School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Monash University Clayton Vic. Australia
Menzies Institute for Medical Research Tasmania University of Tasmania Hobart Australia
Department of Health Management and Health Economics Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam..
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Faculty of Health and Medicine University of Newcastle NSW Australia
University of Burgundy University Hospital of Dijon France
Clinica Neurológica de Joinville Joinville Stroke Registry University of Joinville Region-Univille Joinville Brazil
Department of Neurology Faculty of Medicine and Health Örebro University Örebro Sweden
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
Hospital Carlos Fernando Malzoni and Neurologic Center of Research and Rehabilitation Matão SP Brazil
Issue Date: 8-Jan-2019
Publication information: Journal of the American Heart Association 2019; 8(1): e010235
Abstract: Background Women have worse outcomes after stroke than men, and this may be partly explained by stroke severity. We examined factors contributing to sex differences in severity of acute stroke assessed by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. Methods and Results We pooled individual participant data with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale assessment (N=6343) from 8 population-based stroke incidence studies (1996-2014), forming part of INSTRUCT (International Stroke Outcomes Study). Information on sociodemographics, stroke-related clinical factors, comorbidities, and pre-stroke function were obtained. Within each study, relative risk regression using log-binominal modeling was used to estimate the female:male relative risk ( RR ) of more severe stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale>7) stratified by stroke type (ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage). Study-specific unadjusted and adjusted RR s, controlling for confounding variables, were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale data were recorded in 5326 (96%) of 5570 cases with ischemic stroke and 773 (90%) of 855 participants with intracerebral hemorrhage. The pooled unadjusted female:male RR for severe ischemic stroke was 1.35 (95% CI 1.24-1.46). The sex difference in severity was attenuated after adjustment for age, pre-stroke dependency, and atrial fibrillation but remained statistically significant (pooled RR adjusted 1.20, 95% CI 1.10-1.30). There was no sex difference in severity for intracerebral hemorrhage ( RR crude 1.08, 95% CI 0.97-1.21; RR adjusted 1.08, 95% CI 0.96-1.20). Conclusions Although women presented with more severe ischemic stroke than men, much although not all of the difference was explained by pre-stroke factors. Sex differences could potentially be ameliorated by strategies to improve pre-stroke health in the elderly, the majority of whom are women. Further research on the potential biological origin of sex differences in stroke severity may also be warranted.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/20028
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.010235
ORCID: 0000-0001-8162-682X
Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association
PubMed URL: 30590965
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: epidemiology
sex difference
Stroke
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