A new study has found association between diabetes and stroke in women but the data does not show the same association among men. The research by Dr Wenhui Zhao Dr Gang Hu and colleagues at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA investigated the sex-specific association of different levels of HbA1c with incident stroke risk among 10876 male and 19278 female patients with type 2 diabetes in the Louisiana State University Hospital-Based Longitudinal Study (LSUHLS). It was found that among men although there was a trend towards increased risk of stroke as HbA1c increased this increased risk was