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