Table 1. Published Lifetime Prevalence Rates of Sleep Paralysis.
| Citation | Date | Sample N | % SP | Assessment Modality | Sample Type | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrams et al. (22) | 2008 | 216 | 62.0 | SR | G, S | Caucasian American |
| 5 | 100 | G, S | African American | |||
| 21 | 71.7 | G, S | Asian Americans | |||
| 3 | 66.7 | G, S | Hispanic Americans | |||
| Arikawa et al. (23) | 1999 | 720 | 33.9 | SR | G | Japanese |
| Awadalla et al. (24) | 2004 | 527 | 28.8 | SR | S | Kuwaiti |
| 762 | 29.9 | S | Sudanese | |||
| 649 | 24.5 | S | American | |||
| Bell et al. (25) | 1984 | 36 | 38.9 | Int | G | African American |
| 72 | 41.7 | C | African American | |||
| Bell et al. (26) | 1988 | 31 | 41.9 | Int | G, High BP | African American |
| Cheyne et al. (8) | 1999 | 870 | 29.2 | SR | S | Canadian |
| Cheyne et al. (27) | 1999 | 1273 | 28.3 | SR | S | Canadian |
| Dahmen et al. (28) | 2002 | 128 | 2.35 | Int | G | German |
| Everett (29) | 1963 | 52 | 15.4 | SR | S | American |
| Fukuda et al. (30) | 1987 | 635 | 43.0 | SR | S | Japanese |
| Fukuda et al. (31) | 1998 | 149 | 38.9 | SR | S | Japanese |
| 86 | 41.9 | S | Canadian | |||
| Goode (32) | 1962 | 67 | 1.5 | SR | G | American |
| 284 | 5.3 | S | American | |||
| 8 | 12.5 | C | American | |||
| Huamani et al. (33) | 2006 | 104 | 55.8 | SR | S | Peruvian |
| Hufford (5) | 2005 | 254 | 16.5 | Int | G | American |
| Jimenez-Genchi et al. (34) | 2009 | 322 | 27.6 | SR | S | Mexican |
| Kotorri et al. (35) | 2001 | 8162 | 39.6 | SR | G, S | Japanese |
| Lopez et al. (36) | 1995 | 1000 | 11.3 | SR | G | Mexican |
| McNally & Clancy (13) | 2005 | 16 | 12.5 | SR | G | American |
| 68 | 45.5 | C | American | |||
| Neal et al. (37) | 1994 | 18 | 38.9 | Int | C | African American |
| Ohaeri et al. (38) | 1989 | 164 | 26.2 | SR | S | Nigerian |
| Ohaeri et al. (39) | 1992 | 95 | 44.2 | SR | S | Nigerian |
| Ohayon et al. (15) | 2000 | 1832 | 2.4 | Int | G | Canadian |
| Ohayon et al. (40)* | 2002 | 14008 | 6.2 | Int | G | Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese |
| Otto et al. (6) | 2006 | 61 | 19.7 | SR | C | American |
| Paradis et al. (41) | 2009 | 208 | 25.0 | SR | S | American |
| Penn et al. (42) | 1981 | 80 | 16.3 | SR | S | American |
| Sharpless et al. (9) | 2010 | 23 | 47.8 | Int | C | African American |
| 3 | 33.3 | C | Asian American | |||
| 97 | 22.7 | C | Caucasian American | |||
| 7 | 57.2 | C | Hispanic American | |||
| Simard & Nielson (19) | 2005 | 434 | 30.4 | SR | S | Canadian |
| Smith et al. (43) | 1999 | 43 | 48.8 | Int | C | African American |
| 28 | 25.0 | C | Caucasian American | |||
| Smith et al. (44) | 2008 | 50 | 40.0 | SR | G | African American |
| Spanos et al. (45) | 1995 | 1798 | 21.5 | SR | S | Canadian |
| Suarez (14) | 1991 | 30 | 20.0 | Int | G | Spanish |
| 60 | 40.0 | C | Spanish | |||
| Wing et al. (46) | 1994 | 603 | 37.0 | SR | S | Chinese |
| Wing et al. (47) | 1999 | 158 | 17.7 | SR | G | Chinese |
| Yeung et al. (48) | 2005 | 42 | 26.2 | Int | C | Chinese American |
| 150 | 23.3 | C | Chinese |
Note: SP = sleep paralysis; G = general population; S = students, C = clinical psychiatric patients; SR = self-report; Int = interview; BP = blood pressure;
“*”
= data used in our gender calculations were initially reported in a previous manuscript (49).