Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Inflammation, and Platelet Energy Metabolism in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study.

Systemic inflammation may be related to excessive daytime sleepiness symptoms with a notable effect among women. Future larger studies are needed to further explore the sexually dimorphic relationship of post-stroke excessive daytime sleepiness to systemic inflammation. Numerically higher platelet oxygen consumption rates may indicate higher energy demands for stroke survivors with excessive daytime sleepiness.