Middle-aged women are more prone to stroke than men

A new study shows that many middle-aged women are more likely to have a stroke than men. Researchers say big heart and heart disease may be the reason for the stroke in women of this age.

Research shows that women between the ages of 45 and 54 are twice as likely to have a stroke than men of the same age. But there are no gender differences in stroke rates in the 35-44 and 55-64 age groups.

The author of the study, Amytis Towfighi, of the Center for Stroke Research and Neurology Department, University of California in Los Angeles and a member of the American Academy of Neurology, said the risk factors associated Cardiovascular concerns such as systolic blood pressure and cholesterol levels are also higher in women than men in each middle age group or more.

Towfighi takes the following example: "In each age group, male blood pressure averages 4-5 points, while this rate in women is 8-10 points. Similarly, men have cholesterol levels are much higher than women in the same age group of 35-44, but this level remains stable while in women, it will increase by 10-12 points after each age group. At the age of 55-63, women will have significantly higher cholesterol levels than men.

Towfighi said that the study also showed that men aged between 55 and 64 were 3 times more likely to have a stroke than men in the age group of 45-54.

TAM HA