Diagnostic evaluation for patients with ischemic stroke: are there sex differences?
Women and men admitted to US academic hospitals receive comparable diagnostic evaluations, even after adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical factors.
Genetic predisposition to hypertension, in addition to affecting insulin sensitivity, influences LV functional changes during antihypertensive treatment. Despite a similar extent of 24-h BP and LV mass decrease, F+ patients showed no changes in insulin sensitivity and a smaller improvement in LV diastolic function than F-.