Sex-Related Time-Dependent Variations in Post-Stroke Survival – Evidence of a Female Stroke Survival Advantage

Neuroepidemiology - Tập 29 Số 3-4 - Trang 218-225 - 2007
Tom Skyhøj Olsen1, Christian Dehlendorff2, Klaus Kaae Andersen2
1Stroke Unit, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
2Mathematical Statistics

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<i>Background:</i> Women live longer than men, yet most studies show that gender has no influence on survival after stroke. <i>Methods:</i> A registry was started in 2001, with the aim of registering all hospitalized stroke patients in Denmark, and it now holds 39,484 patients of which 48% are female. We studied the influence of gender on post-stroke mortality, from the time of admission through the subsequent years until death or censoring (mean follow-up time: 538 days). All patients underwent an evaluation including stroke severity, computed tomography and cardiovascular risk factors. Independent predictors of death were identified by means of a survival model based on 22,222 individuals with a complete data set. <i>Results:</i> Females were older and had severer stroke. Interestingly, the risk of death between genders was time dependent. The female/male stroke mortality rate favoured women from the first day of stroke and remained so during the first month suggesting a female survival advantage. Throughout the second month the rate reversed in favour of men suggesting that women in that period are paying a ‘toll’ for their initial survival advantage. Hereafter, the rate steadily decreased, and after 4 months women continued to have the same low risk as in the first week. <i>Conclusions:</i> Our study suggests a female superiority in stroke survival competence.

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Neuroepidemiology

Tập 29 Số 3-4

218-225

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