Her research shows that the elderly tend to have arterial blockages (64.9 %), whereas those aged 15-45 tend to have brain hemorrhaging (56.3 %) with high blood pressure being the main ultimate cause (62.5 %), followed by aneurysms (20.3 %), vascular malformation (3.1 %), and Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and hemophilia (1.6 %).
她的研究指出，高齡組發病型態以「腦阻塞」為主（64.9 %）；而 15 ~ 45 歲族群則以「腦出血」居多（56.3 %），病因主要為高血壓（62.5 %），其次為動脈瘤（20.3 %）、動靜脈畸型（3.1 %）、血小板低下症（即血液不易凝血，1.6 %）等。