Gender and cervical artery dissection

• Verfasst von: Metso, Antti Juhani [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Lichy, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kloss, Manja [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Brandt, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Grond-Ginsbach, Caspar [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Gender and cervical artery dissection
• Verf.angabe: A.J. Metso, T.M. Metso, S. Debette, J. Dallongeville, P.A. Lyrer, A. Pezzini, C. Lichy, M. Kloss, T. Brandt, E. Touzé, A.M. Southerland, B.B. Worrall, S. Abboud, E. del Zotto, D. Leys, S. Engelter, C. Grond‐Ginsbach, T. Tatlisumak
• E-Jahr: 2012
• Jahr: April 2012
• Umfang: 9 S.
• Fussnoten: First published: 10 December 2011 ; Gesehen am 22.11.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: European journal of neurology
• Ort Quelle: Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 1994
• Jahr Quelle: 2012
• Band/Heft Quelle: 19(2012), 4, Seite 594-602
• ISSN Quelle: 1468-1331
• DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03586.x
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: risk factors
• Sach-SW: cervical artery dissection
• Sach-SW: gender
• Sach-SW: internal carotid artery
• Sach-SW: outcome
• Sach-SW: stroke
• Sach-SW: vertebral artery
• K10plus-PPN: 1583944486

Abstract

Background and purpose: To analyze previously established gender differences in cervical artery dissection (CeAD). Methods: This case-control study is based on the CADISP (Cervical Artery Dissection and Ischemic Stroke Patients) population comprising 983 consecutive CeAD patients (mean age: 44.1 ± 9.9 years) and 658 control patients with a non-CeAD ischemic stroke (IS) (44.5 ± 10.5 years). Results: Cervical artery dissection was more common in men (56.7% vs. 43.3%, P < 0.001) and men were older (46.4 vs. 41.0 years, P < 0.001). We assessed putative risk factors for CeAD including vascular risk factors, recent cervical trauma, pregnancies, and infections. All gender differences in the putative risk factors and outcome were similar in the CeAD and the non-CeAD IS groups. Conclusion: Our analysis of the largest collection of CeAD patients to date confirms male predominance and differences in age at dissection between men and women. Gender differences in putative risk factors may explain the higher frequency of CeAD in men and their older age, but the putative risk factors are probably not specific for CeAD.