The epidemiology of stroke amongst women in the Asia-–Pacific region

National data from the Asia-–Pacific region suggest that stroke accounts for over 10% of female deaths. With general aging in the region, and longer life expectancies for women than men, action is required to maintain recent improvements in female death rates from stroke. However, local data on inci...

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Published in:Women's health (London, England) England), 2011-05, Vol.7 (3), p.305-317
Main Authors: Woodward, Mark, Tsukinoki-Murakami, Rumi, Murakami, Yoshitaka, Suh, Il, Fang, Xianghua, Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Lam, Tai Hing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Asia - epidemiology
Australia - epidemiology
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases - complications
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cholesterol
Classification
Cohort Studies
Conventions
Diabetes
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
Health aspects
hemorrhagic stroke
Human subjects
Humans
Hypertension - complications
ischemic stroke
Male
Mens health
Middle Aged
Mortality
New Zealand - epidemiology
Proportional Hazards Models
Public health
Ratios
Risk Factors
Smoking
Standard deviation
Stroke
Stroke (Disease)
Stroke - epidemiology
Stroke - etiology
Triglycerides
Women
Womens health
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Summary:National data from the Asia-–Pacific region suggest that stroke accounts for over 10% of female deaths. With general aging in the region, and longer life expectancies for women than men, action is required to maintain recent improvements in female death rates from stroke. However, local data on incidence and risk factors for stroke amongst women are scarce. Data from 214,032 women in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration were thus used to investigate the risk factors for stroke in the region. Raised systolic blood pressure and diabetes were found to be key risk factors for both ischemic (IS) and hemorrhagic (HS) stroke. After adjustment for other risk factors, every extra 10 mmHg systolic blood pressure increased risk of IS by 36% and HS by 69%, whilst diabetes increased risk of IS by 170% and HS by 147%. Smoking was also an important risk factor for IS and HS; risk was reduced by quitting.
ISSN:1745-5057
1745-5065
DOI:10.2217/whe.11.25