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Contradictory evidence on the impact of single sleep‐wake‐disturbances (SWD), such as sleep‐disorderd breating (SDB) or insomnia, in patients with stroke, on the risk of subsequent cardio‐ and cerebrovascular events (CCE) and death, exists. Very recent studies in the general population suggest that the presence of multiple SWD increases cardio‐cerebrovascular risk. Hence, the aim of this study was to asssess whether a novel score capturing the burden of multiple SWD, a so called "sleep burden index", is predictive for subsequent CCE including death in a prospectively followed cohort of stroke patients.