An Exploration of Differences in Sleep Characteristics between Mexico-born US Immigrants and Other Americans to Address the Hispanic Paradox

摘要

Study Objectives:Decreased sleep duration and quality are associated with poor health. Given that Mexico-born US immigrants (MI) often have favorable health status relative to the general US population (USALL), we tested the hypothesis that MI have better sleep as compared to USALL and to Mexican-Americans (MA) born in the US