Lower Prevalence of Carotid Plaque Hemorrhage in Women, and Its Mediator Effect on Sex Differences in Recurrent Cerebrovascular Events

Neghal Kandiyil, Nishath Altaf, Akram A Hosseini, Shane T MacSweeney and Dorothee P Auer

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 10, 1-7

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Women are at lower risk of stroke, and appear to benefit less from carotid endarterectomy (CEA) than men. We hypothesised that this is due to more benign carotid disease in women mediating a lower risk of recurrent cerebrovascular events. To test this, we investigated sex differences in the prevalence of MRI detectable plaque hemorrhage (MRI PH) as an index of plaque instability, and secondly whether MRI PH mediates sex differences in the rate of cerebrovascular recurrence. Methods: Prevalence of PH between sexes was analysed in a single centre pooled cohort of 176 patients with recently symptomatic, significant carotid stenosis (106 severe [≥70%], 70 moderate [50–69%]) who underwent prospective carotid MRI scanning for identification of MRI PH. Further, a meta-analysis of published evidence was undertaken. Recurrent events were noted during clinical follow up for survival analysis. Results: Women with symptomatic carotid stenosis (50%≥) were less likely to have plaque hemorrhage (PH) than men (46% vs. 70%) with an adjusted OR of 0.23 [95% CI 0.10–0.50, P

Date: 2012
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