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Sex Differences In Outcomes After Stroke In Patients With Diabetes In Ontario, Canada., Mandip S. Dhamoon, John W. Liang, Limei Zhou, Melissa Stamplecoski, Moira K. Kapral, Baiju R. Shah
Sex Differences In Outcomes After Stroke In Patients With Diabetes In Ontario, Canada., Mandip S. Dhamoon, John W. Liang, Limei Zhou, Melissa Stamplecoski, Moira K. Kapral, Baiju R. Shah
Department of Neurology Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Outcomes after stroke in those with diabetes are not well characterized, especially by sex and age. We sought to calculate the sex- and age-specific risk of cardiovascular outcomes after ischemic stroke among those with diabetes.
METHODS: Using population-based demographic and administrative health-care databases in Ontario, Canada, all patients with diabetes hospitalized with index ischemic stroke between April 1, 2002, and March 31, 2012, were followed for death, stroke, and myocardial infarction (MI). The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Fine-Gray competing risk models estimated hazards of outcomes by sex and age, unadjusted and adjusted for demographics and vascular risk factors.
RESULTS: …