Female Gender Remains an Independent Risk Factor for Poor Outcome after Acute Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Table 1

Gender differences in stroke characteristics.

Characteristic	Females	Males	P value
NIHSS
Median	7	8	0.759
IQR	2–23	2–19
Volume
Median	30 cc	22.9 cc	0.415
IQR	5.2–134.7 cc	6.5–85.8 cc
Intraventricular hemorrhage	59 (47.6%)	56 (46.7%)	0.886
Affected hemisphere
Right	71 (59.7%)	47 (40.9%)	0.0146
Left	47 (37.8%)	65 (56.5%)
Bilateral	3 (2.5%)	3 (2.6%)
Topographical distr.
Frontal	21 (17.8%)	25 (22.7%)	0.354
Temporal	21 (17.8%)	12 (10.9%)	0.139
Parietal	25 (21.2%)	15 (13.7%)	0.134
Occipital	7 (5.9%)	7 (6.4%)	0.892
Midbrain	3 (2.5%)	0	0.248
Pons	6 (5.1%)	3 (2.8%)	0.501
Cerebellum	23 (19.5%)	6 (5.5%)	0.0015
Basal Ganglia	18 (15.3%)	27 (24.5%)	0.078
Internal Capsule	1 (1%)	9 (8.2%)	0.008
Thalamus	19 (16.1%)	18 (16.4%)	0.957
Putamen	2 (1.7%)	6 (5.5%)	0.159