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Risk factors for TIA were hypertension, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, smoking, lack of exercise, overweight, and family history of stroke. In our TIA cohort, we found that the prevalence of smoking was significantly higher in men (41.3%) compared with that found in women (4.2%). Further, hypertension (58.8 vs. 55.5%) and family history of stroke (22.3 vs. 20.0%) were more prevalent in men compared with women, whereas atrial fibrillation (AF) (14.7 vs. 16.4%), diabetes (11.1 vs. 13.2%), lack of exercise (27.2 vs. 28.0%), and overweight (29.5 vs. 35.7%) were less prevalent.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> In our TIA cohort from eastern China, we found significant sex differences for the risk factors of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, smoking, diabetes, and overweight.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2021.615399","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,6]],"date-time":"2021-05-06T04:45:47Z","timestamp":1620276347000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Sex Differences in Risk Factors for Transient Ischemic Attack in a Chinese Population"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Wendi","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pei","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fengyue","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chuanqiang","family":"Qu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"463","DOI":"10.1007\/s12264-016-0038-5","article-title":"Blood biomarkers in minor stroke and transient ischemic attack","volume":"32","author":"Li","year":"2016","journal-title":"Neurosci Bull."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2276","DOI":"10.1161\/STROKEAHA.108192218","article-title":"Definition and evaluation of transient ischemic attack: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American heart association\/American Stroke association stroke council; council on cardiovascular surgery and anesthesia; council on cardiovascular radiology and intervention; council on cardiovascular nursing; and the interdisciplinary council on peripheral vascular disease. 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