Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study
Gender differences are well described for patients with ischemic stroke. Conversely, sex disparities in stroke presentation, risk factors, treatment, and outcomes for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) were not previously studied. Our objective was to compare the frequency of risk factors, management pa...
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| author | Monique Bueno Alves João José Freitas de Carvalho Georgiana Álvares Andrade Viana Cícera Borges Machado Bento Fortunato Cardoso dos Santos Miguel Cendoroglo Neto Gisele Sampaio Silva |
| author_facet | Monique Bueno Alves João José Freitas de Carvalho Georgiana Álvares Andrade Viana Cícera Borges Machado Bento Fortunato Cardoso dos Santos Miguel Cendoroglo Neto Gisele Sampaio Silva |
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| description | Gender differences are well described for patients with ischemic stroke. Conversely, sex disparities in stroke presentation, risk factors, treatment, and outcomes for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) were not previously studied. Our objective was to compare the frequency of risk factors, management patterns, symptoms at presentation, complication rates, and outcomes between genders in patients with ICH in Fortaleza, Brazil. Methods: Data were prospectively collected from patients admitted to 19 hospitals in Fortaleza with a diagnosis of ICH by trained research coordinators from June 2009 to October 2010. Daily visits to the selected hospitals were performed, and all patients admitted with a diagnosis of ICH were prospectively evaluated. Results: We evaluated 364 patients, 47.5% of whom were women. Men were younger (59.3 ± 14.58 years vs. 66.3 ± 14.6 years, p Conclusion: Overall risk factors for ICH in men and women were similar in our series. Men had a higher frequency of alcohol abuse and smoking. Women were older, had an increased time length from symptoms onset to hospital admission and had a worse prognosis at discharge. A better understanding of the gender disparities in patients with ICH will hopefully lead to better outcomes in both sexes in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01941d2f4991484aa6ba85ae6d18bbcd2022-12-22T00:54:17ZengKarger PublishersCerebrovascular Diseases Extra1664-54562012-10-0121637010.1159/000343187343187Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective StudyMonique Bueno AlvesJoão José Freitas de CarvalhoGeorgiana Álvares Andrade VianaCícera Borges MachadoBento Fortunato Cardoso dos SantosMiguel Cendoroglo NetoGisele Sampaio SilvaGender differences are well described for patients with ischemic stroke. Conversely, sex disparities in stroke presentation, risk factors, treatment, and outcomes for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) were not previously studied. Our objective was to compare the frequency of risk factors, management patterns, symptoms at presentation, complication rates, and outcomes between genders in patients with ICH in Fortaleza, Brazil. Methods: Data were prospectively collected from patients admitted to 19 hospitals in Fortaleza with a diagnosis of ICH by trained research coordinators from June 2009 to October 2010. Daily visits to the selected hospitals were performed, and all patients admitted with a diagnosis of ICH were prospectively evaluated. Results: We evaluated 364 patients, 47.5% of whom were women. Men were younger (59.3 ± 14.58 years vs. 66.3 ± 14.6 years, p Conclusion: Overall risk factors for ICH in men and women were similar in our series. Men had a higher frequency of alcohol abuse and smoking. Women were older, had an increased time length from symptoms onset to hospital admission and had a worse prognosis at discharge. A better understanding of the gender disparities in patients with ICH will hopefully lead to better outcomes in both sexes in the future.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/343187Gender differencesIntracranial hemorrhageStroke |
| spellingShingle | Monique Bueno Alves João José Freitas de Carvalho Georgiana Álvares Andrade Viana Cícera Borges Machado Bento Fortunato Cardoso dos Santos Miguel Cendoroglo Neto Gisele Sampaio Silva Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra Gender differences Intracranial hemorrhage Stroke |
| title | Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study |
| title_full | Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study |
| title_fullStr | Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study |
| title_short | Gender Differences in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Hospital-Based Multicenter Prospective Study |
| title_sort | gender differences in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage a hospital based multicenter prospective study |
| topic | Gender differences Intracranial hemorrhage Stroke |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/343187 |
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