BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It is disputed whether there are sex differences in management and outcome after @entity64 ; early studies have shown inconsistent results. The objective of this study was to verify and explain differences between @entity1 and @entity1 in management and outcome after @entity64 in a national perspective. METHODS: In 2001, 20 761 @entity64 @entity1 were registered in Riks- @entity64 , the national quality register for @entity64 care in Sweden in which all 84 hospitals participate. Data from 9 hospitals that had reported <70% of the estimated @entity64 events were excluded from analyses, leaving 19 547 @entity1 (9666 @entity1 , 9881 @entity1 ) at 75 hospitals for the present analyses. RESULTS: @entity1 were older than @entity1 (77.8 versus 73.2 years). After age adjustment, female @entity1 were more often disabled, living at home with community support, or in institutions before the @entity64 . They also had a different @entity65 factor profile. Case fatality ratios during the first 3 months were similar in @entity1 and @entity1 . After 3 months, more @entity1 were physically and mentally impaired and dependent on other @entity1 . Female @entity1 with @entity955 received oral anticoagulants less often than @entity1 . Even after multiple adjustments for differences between sexes, female sex was independently associated with institutional living 3 months after the @entity64 (odds ratio, 1.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.0 to 1.4). CONCLUSIONS: @entity1 have a worse @entity558 . Except for case fatality ratios, they also have a worse outcome after @entity64 after adjustment for other prognostic factors. There are also sex differences in the medical management of @entity64 that need to be rectified.

Sex differences in management and outcome after XXXX : a Swedish national perspective.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'Women', 'persons', 'men'] @entity558 :: ('MESH:C536528', 'Disease') :: ['prestroke condition'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke', 'Stroke'] @entity955 :: ('MESH:D001281', 'Disease') :: ['atrial fibrillation'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular risk']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['stroke']
