TABLE 1.

The epidemiological and clinical differences of stroke in two sexes.

	Male	Female	Reference
Incidence			Branyan and Sohrabji, 2020; Wang Y. J. et al., 2020
≤65 years	Higher	Lower
>65 years	Lower	Higher
Risk Factors	Male Specific:  • Smoking  • Excessive Drinking	Female Specific:  • Diabetes Mellitus  • Atrial Fibrillation  • Migraine	Forster et al., 2009; Wang Y. J. et al., 2020
Clinical Presentations	More typical symptoms:  • Hemiparesis  • Imbalance  • Dizziness	More atypical symptoms:  • Coma  • Aphasia  • Dysphagia  • Uroclepsia  • Visual Disturbance	Labiche et al., 2002; Di Carlo et al., 2003; Roquer et al., 2003; Gargano et al., 2009
Mortality	40%	60%	Mozaffarian et al., 2015