Gender-Related Differences and Short-Term Outcome of Stroke: Results from a Hospital-Based Registry in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: Studies suggest that sex differences have an impact on patients with stroke, but existing data in Africa remain inconclusive about this inference.

Objectives: To study sex differences in terms of the clinical profile and short-term outcome of stroke in the Douala General Hospital, Cameroon.

Methods: A hospital-based prospective cohort study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital over an 8-year period, which included all patients admitted for confirmed acute stroke.