New gender studies study findings recently were published by researchers at Medical University of Vienna.

According to recent research published in the journal Stroke, "Female patients and patients with a lower level socioeconomic status (SES) often experience less favorable health outcomes. We aimed to investigate whether gender and socioeconomic status of patients with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack are associated with different diagnostic and treatment strategies."

"The risk factors of interest were gender and SES. We predefined our diagnostic and treatment end points according to current stroke guidelines and used multivariate models to adjust for age, stroke severity, and comorbidities. A total of 2606 patients were included in the analysis. Women were less likely to receive antiplatelet agents within the first 48 hours after admission (OR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.53 to 0.89) and more likely to have their blood glucose measured on admission than men (OR: 1.52, 95% CI: 1.1 to 2.1). With higher SES patients were more likely to receive a TTE or TTE during hospital stay. Women were almost twice as likely to receive a prescription for antidepressants at discharge OR of 1.96 (95% CI: 1.48 to 2.59). Socioeconomic status and gender are associated with some diagnostic and treatment differences of acute ischemic stroke," wrote J. Arrich and colleagues, Medical University of Vienna (see also Gender Studies).