Sex disparity in long-term stroke recurrence and mortality in a rural population in the United States
Lambert C, Chaudhary D, Olulana O, Shahjouei S, Avula V, Li J, Abedi V, Zand R. Sex disparity in long-term stroke recurrence and mortality in a rural population in the United States. Therapeutic Advances In Neurological Disorders 2020, 13: 1756286420971895. PMID: 33414844, PMCID: PMC7750897, DOI: 10.1177/1756286420971895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecurrent ischemic strokeIschemic stroke patientsIschemic stroke recurrenceCause mortalityIschemic strokeStroke recurrenceComposite outcomeStroke patientsRisk factorsAdult ischemic stroke patientsConsecutive ischemic stroke patientsKaplan-Meier estimator curvesLong-term stroke recurrenceCox proportional hazard ratiosTraditional vascular risk factorsChronic kidney diseaseIndependent risk factorPeripheral vascular diseasePoor stroke outcomesProportional hazard ratiosVascular risk factorsChronic lung diseaseRural populationHazard ratioStroke outcome