Dr. Tobias Kurth, dari Rumah Sakit Wanita dan Brigham, dan rekan-rekannya dalam jurnal neurologi mengatakan bahwa kebanyakan penelitian menitikberatkan kepada hubungan kolesterol dan stroke pada orang yang telah menderita penyakit jantung, dan tidak termasuk wanita.
Dr. Tobias Kurth, from Brigham and Women's Hospital, and his associates point out in the medical journal Neurology that most studies looking at cholesterol and stroke have included people who already had heart disease, and excluded women.