Mexican American Immigrants Demonstrate Better Functional Stroke Outcomes Compared With Mexican American Nonimmigrants.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We analyzed differences in 90-day poststroke outcomes between Mexican Americans born in the United States (nonimmigrant) compared with those born outside the United States (immigrant).

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of prospective data from the population-based Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project. We identified stroke cases from 2008 to 2016 and quantified functional, cognitive, and neurological outcomes. Associations between outcome scores and immigration status were analyzed using weighted linear regression models.

Results

Eighty-three Mexican American stroke cases (n=935) were immigrants, and 852 stroke cases were nonimmigrants. Average length of stay in the United States for immigrants was 47 years. Immigrants

SUBMITTER: Hollenhorst CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530126 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature