Sex differences in the risk profile and male predominance in silent brain infarction in community-dwelling elderly subjects: The Sefuri brain MRI study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 748-752

  Takashima, Yuki ^a   Miwa, Yoshikazu ^b   Mori, Takahiro ^a   Hashimoto, Manabu ^a   Uchino, Akira ^c   Yuzuriha, Takefumi ^a   Sasaguri, Toshiyuki ^b   Yao, Hiroshi ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Hizen Psychiatric Center   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

asymptomatic stroke; lacunar infarction; menopause; MRI; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILENT BRAIN INFARCTION; SMOKING; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77954351641     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.69     Document Type: Article

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