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Impact of sex in stroke in the young

Limited data is available on sex differences in young stroke patients describing discrepant findings. This study aims to investigate the sex differences in young stroke patients. Prospective cohort study comparing risk factors, etiology, stroke localization, severity on admission, management and out...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-03, Vol.18 (3), p.e0274722-e0274722
Main Authors: Schwarzwald, Anina, Fischer, Urs, Seiffge, David, Beyeler, Morin, Scutelnic, Adrian, Kaesmacher, Johannes, Mordasini, Pasquale, Dobrocky, Tomas, Gralla, Jan, Heldner, Mirjam R, Umarova, Roza, Meinel, Thomas R, Arnold, Marcel, Jung, Simon, Goeggel Simonetti, Barbara
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Summary:Limited data is available on sex differences in young stroke patients describing discrepant findings. This study aims to investigate the sex differences in young stroke patients. Prospective cohort study comparing risk factors, etiology, stroke localization, severity on admission, management and outcome in patients aged 16-55 years with acute ischemic stroke consecutively included in the Bernese stroke database between 01/2015 to 12/2018 with subgroup analyses for very young (16-35y) and young patients (36-55y). 689 patients (39% female) were included. Stroke in women dominated in the very young (53.8%, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0274722