Factors Contributing to Sex Differences in Health‐Related Quality of Life After Ischemic Stroke: BASIC (Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi) Project

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 11; no. 17; p. e026123
• Main Authors: Phan, Hoang T., Reeves, Mathew J., Gall, Seana, Morgenstern, Lewis B., Xu, Yuliang, Lisabeth, Lynda D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 06.09.2022
• Subjects: Aged; Brain; Female; Humans; Ischemic Stroke; Male; quality and outcomes; Quality of Life; Risk Factors; Sex Characteristics; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - epidemiology; quality and outcomes; sex characteristics; quality of life; ischemic stroke

Background Women have been reported to have worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following stroke than men, but uncertainty exists over the reasons for the sex difference. Methods and Results We included all ischemic strokes registered with the BASIC (Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Chri...