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Mid-life Stroke – Women More At Risk
- By Niccolo Machiavelli
- Published September 29th, 2008
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According to a recent study, conducted by the American Academy of Neurology revealed that women are more at risk of having stroke during their middle age than men. The main contributing factors behind this reason are believed to be, heart disease and increased waist size.
Data for this study has been collected from 17,000 people who were more than 18 years of old. Out of this total, about 606 people had experienced stroke. The study revealed an astonishing fact that women were more than twice more likely than men to receive mid-life stroke. Research also made it clear that stroke rates and sex difference has nothing much in common. Though, further examination is needed to confirm this fact; but the high mid-life stroke rate among women surely suggests that quick and close attention is required towards the
cardiovascular health of women especially in the age group of mid 30s to 50s.
Other vascular risk factors associated are systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol levels. As per the study, both these factors were found to be much higher rate among women than men. Since, with each passing decade men's blood pressure is believed to increase by 4 to 5 points on an average while in case of women’s blood pressure it increased by 8 to 10 points. Likewise, men in the age group of 35 to 44 had considerably higher total cholesterol levels than women of the same age group.
Hence, neurologist and neuroscience professionals who were took conducted this study concluded the women are more susceptible to mid-life stroke than men. The study also revealed that men in the age group of 55 to 64 years were thrice more likely than men in their mid age to have had a stroke.
Data for this study has been collected from 17,000 people who were more than 18 years of old. Out of this total, about 606 people had experienced stroke. The study revealed an astonishing fact that women were more than twice more likely than men to receive mid-life stroke. Research also made it clear that stroke rates and sex difference has nothing much in common. Though, further examination is needed to confirm this fact; but the high mid-life stroke rate among women surely suggests that quick and close attention is required towards the
Other vascular risk factors associated are systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol levels. As per the study, both these factors were found to be much higher rate among women than men. Since, with each passing decade men's blood pressure is believed to increase by 4 to 5 points on an average while in case of women’s blood pressure it increased by 8 to 10 points. Likewise, men in the age group of 35 to 44 had considerably higher total cholesterol levels than women of the same age group.
Hence, neurologist and neuroscience professionals who were took conducted this study concluded the women are more susceptible to mid-life stroke than men. The study also revealed that men in the age group of 55 to 64 years were thrice more likely than men in their mid age to have had a stroke.