Stroke incidence by sex across the lifespan

MV Vyas, FL Silver, PC Austin, AYX Yu, P Pequeno… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: We evaluated the influence of age on the association between
sex and the incidence of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) using a population-based …

Diverging temporal trends in stroke incidence in younger vs older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CA Scott, L Li, PM Rothwell - JAMA neurology, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Overall stroke incidence is falling in high-income countries, but data on time
trends in incidence of young stroke (ie, stroke in individuals younger than 55 years) are …

Time trends in atrial fibrillation-related stroke during 2001–2020 in Sweden: a nationwide, observational study

M Ding, M Ebeling, L Ziegler, A Wennberg… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Great efforts have been made to improve stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
(AF) patients. Meanwhile, incidence of AF is increasing, which may affect the share of AF …

Nationwide trends in incidence and mortality of stroke among younger and older adults in Denmark

N Skajaa, K Adelborg, E Horváth-Puhó, KJ Rothman… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate the extent to which the incidence and mortality of a first-time stroke
among younger and older adults changed from 2005 to 2018 in Denmark using nationwide …

Trends in acute ischemic stroke treatments and mortality in the United States from 2012 to 2018

SK Anand, WJ Benjamin, AR Adapa, JV Park… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The establishment of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) as a first-line treatment for
select patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and the expansion of stroke systems of care …

Epidemiology of First and recurrent ischemic stroke in Sweden 2010–2019: a Riksstroke Study

C Drescher, F Buchwald, T Ullberg, M Pihlsgård… - …, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: Ischemic stroke incidence appears to have decreased during the last decades,
but most studies focus on the first-ever events and epidemiological data on recurrent stroke …

Epilepsy-related mortality in children and young adults in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study

M Kløvgaard, TH Lynge, I Tsiropoulos, PV Uldall… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Mortality is increased in epilepsy, but the important issue is that
a proportion of epilepsy-related death is potentially preventable by optimized therapy and …

Time trends in patient characteristics, anticoagulation treatment, and prognosis of incident nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in the Netherlands

Q Chen, MMA Toorop, LF Tops, WM Lijfering… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The temporal trend in adverse events regarding stroke prevention for
nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in the direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) era was rarely …

Clinical course and risk factors for sleep disturbance in patients with ischemic stroke

HJ Tsai, YS Wong, CT Ong - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Studies on insomnia in patients with ischemic stroke, particularly in the acute
phase, are limited. The proportion of patients with sleep disturbance during the acute stroke …

Impact of sex in stroke in the young

A Schwarzwald, U Fischer, D Seiffge, M Beyeler… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose Limited data is available on sex differences in young stroke
patients describing discrepant findings. This study aims to investigate the sex differences in …