Gender differences in stroke mortality rate

Olsen, T.S.øj.; Dehlendorff, C.; Andersen, K.K.

Ugeskrift for Laeger 170(35): 2675-2678

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824
PMID: 18761855
Document Number: 616009
A registry of hospitalized stroke patients in Denmark included 39,484 patients; 48% women, 52% men. Median time from stroke to admission was 1 day; median follow-up 1.5 years. A multivariate survival analysis showed that although time-dependent, the female/male stroke mortality rate generally favoured women from first day post-stroke, reflecting a female survival advantage. The analysis also showed that women who survive stroke live longer than men.

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