Prevalence of pre-stroke sleep apnea risk and short or long sleep duration in a bi-ethnic stroke population

摘要

Background: The ethnic disparity in ischemic stroke between Mexican Americans (MAs) and non-Hispanic whites (NHWs) may be partly attributable to disparities in sleep and its disorders. We therefore assessed whether pre-stroke sleep apnea symptoms (SA risk) and pre-stroke sleep duration differed between MAs and NHWs.