%0 Journal Article %T Gender differences in acute stroke: Istanbul medical school stroke registry %A Yesilot Nil¨¹fer %A Koyuncu Bahar %A £¿oban Oguzhan %A Tuncay Rezzan %J Neurology India %D 2011 %I Medknow Publications %X Background : We aimed to investigate gender differences in Turkish stroke patients. Material and Methods : Demographics, risk factors, clinical and etiologic subtypes, laboratory findings, clinical course, and in-hospital prognosis of 1 522 patients with ischemic stroke (IS) and 320 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage prospectively registered in the Istanbul Medical School Stroke Registry (1994-2004) were analyzed separately. Results : The mean age of IS patients was higher in females (n : 751) (P<0.0001). In males, smoking, ischemic heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, posterior circulation syndromes, and strokes due to large-artery atherosclerosis were more common (P<0.0001 for each). Prestroke disability, atrial fibrillation (P<0.0001), hypertension (P=0.041), modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 3-5 at admission (P<0.0001), total anterior circulation syndrome (P<0.0001), and cardioembolic stroke (P<0.0001) were more frequent in females. Female gender was an independent predictor of poor outcome (mRS 3-6). Conclusion : Gender differences were observed exclusively in patients with IS. Although our patients were younger than those reported, gender differences were similar. %K Acute stroke %K hospital registry %K women %U http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2011;volume=59;issue=2;spage=174;epage=179;aulast=Yesilot