Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine

F Mauvais-Jarvis, NB Merz, PJ Barnes, RD Brinton… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Clinicians can encounter sex and gender disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic
responses. These disparities are noted in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical …

Age and sex are critical factors in ischemic stroke pathology

M Roy-O'Reilly, LD McCullough - Endocrinology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ischemic stroke is a devastating brain injury resulting in high mortality and substantial loss of
function. Understanding the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke risk, mortality, and functional …

Projected global trends in ischemic stroke incidence, deaths and disability-adjusted life years from 2020 to 2030

L Pu, L Wang, R Zhang, T Zhao, Y Jiang, L Han - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: We projected global trends in ischemic stroke from 2020 to 2030 according to
age, sex, and socio-demographic index (SDI) quintile. Methods: Estimated annual …

Incidence and long-term outcomes of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

VD Garovic, WM White, L Vaughan, M Saiki… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with increased risks
for cardiovascular disease later in life. The HDP incidence is commonly assessed using …

Acute ischemic stroke therapy overview

L Catanese, J Tarsia, M Fisher - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
The treatment of acute ischemic stroke has undergone dramatic changes recently
subsequent to the demonstrated efficacy of intra-arterial (IA) device-based therapy in …

Heart disease and stroke statistics—2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association

VL Roger, AS Go, DM Lloyd-Jones, RJ Adams… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Gender differences in stroke incidence and poststroke disability in the Framingham heart study

RE Petrea, AS Beiser, S Seshadri, M Kelly-Hayes… - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Stroke is emerging as a major public health problem for women,
as it is for men. Controversy persists regarding gender differences in stroke incidence …

Sex differences in stroke: review of current knowledge and evidence

RL Girijala, F Sohrabji, RL Bush - Vascular medicine, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Stroke is a leading cause of death among women in the United States, and women are more
affected by stroke than men. With women living longer than men, women experience not …

Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalence

A Towfighi, L Zheng, B Ovbiagele - Archives of internal medicine, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background While recent data indicate that stroke prevalence in women at midlife is double
that of similarly aged men in the United States, little is known about current sex-specific …

Sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease: current challenges and implications for clinical practice: Position paper of the Dementia and Cognitive Disorders …

MT Ferretti, J Martinkova, E Biskup… - European journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by high heterogeneity in disease manifestation,
progression and risk factors. High phenotypic variability is currently regarded as one of the …