Research indicates that Mexican Americans experience less favorable outcomes post-stroke compared to their non-Hispanic white American counterparts. A recent study delves into the potential correlation between the language spoken by Mexican Americans and their recovery trajectory following a stroke.

“Our study found that Mexican American people who spoke only Spanish had worse neurologic outcomes three months after having a stroke than Mexican American people who spoke only English or were bilingual …"

  • LvxferreMEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    That’s a damn weird correlation. I wonder what causes it, given that so many factors might affect the post-stroke neurologic outcome, potentially unknown and thus not adjusted by the researchers.

    I’m not too informed on USA and Mexicans, but my first bet would be non-linguistic in nature: food. I wonder if language change isn’t correlated to dietary changes (both change as the individual shifts culture), and that those dietary changes might increase the likelihood of a favourable outcome.

    • @GildedTeleOPEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I agree. I looked up the article to see what journal published it, and Neurology is a highly regarded, peer-reviewed journal.