Women have a better chance of surviving a stroke and have
a tendency to live longer after a stroke than men do, according to a recent
report out of Denmark.
Nearly 40,000 patient cases were studied over five years
and "except for the period between 30 and 60 days after stroke, mortality
is markedly lower in female stroke survivors," authors wrote.
Although at first glance the data seemed to indicate that
men had a higher likelihood of survival, after adjusting the data analysis to
include factors such as age, stroke severity and subtype and cardiovascular
risk, it became clear to researchers that women had the higher rate of
survival.