Sex, Smoking, and Risk for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -

Sex, Smoking, and Risk for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Information type: Other primary research
Source: Stroke
Specialities: Haematological disorders | Stroke
Summary
Study (n=65,521) found 492 first ever subarachnoid haemorrhages recorded, 266 of them in women at median follow-up of 21years. Women smoking >20 cigarettes/day had higher risk vs. men in same cigarettes/day group (HR 8.35 [95%CI 3.86–18.06] vs. 2.76[1.68–4.52], respectively).
UKMi comment

An editorial notes that one limitation of the study was that participants’ smoking behaviour could have changed after enrolment in the study.
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