Gender differences in the mortality and outcome of stroke patients in Korea.
BACKGROUND
We aimed to determine gender differences in outcomes and mortality in Korean stroke patients.


METHODS
We analyzed the demographics, risk factors, in-hospital mortality, functional outcomes at discharge, and any-cause mortality over a 5-year period for 18,364 Korean patients, and determined a cumulative mortality rate using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to elucidate gender differences in stroke outcomes.


RESULTS
Women suffered strokes that were severer than those suffered by men. Although women had a lower risk of any-cause death than men, they exhibited poorer functional status at discharge.


CONCLUSIONS
In Korea, women lived longer, but had greater disabilities after strokes than men, indicating the need to develop gender-specific interventions to improve stroke outcomes and reduce the disability burden in women.
Oh
Mi-Sun
MS
Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, South Korea.
Yu
Kyung-Ho
KH
Roh
Jae-Kyu
JK
Lee
Byung-Chul
BC
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000925:Anticoagulants