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Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors
BACKGROUND: Habitual snoring, a prominent symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, is an important indicator for a number of health problems in children. Compared to adults, large epidemiological studies on childhood habitual snoring and associated predisposing factors are extremely scarce. The presen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20955625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-144 |
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author | Li, Shenghui Jin, Xinming Yan, Chonghuai Wu, Shenghu Jiang, Fan Shen, Xiaoming |
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description | BACKGROUND: Habitual snoring, a prominent symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, is an important indicator for a number of health problems in children. Compared to adults, large epidemiological studies on childhood habitual snoring and associated predisposing factors are extremely scarce. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of habitual snoring among Chinese school-aged children. METHODS: A random sample of 20,152 children aged 5.08 to 11.99 years old participated in a cross-sectional survey, which was conducted in eight cities of China. Parent-administrated questionnaires were used to collect information on children's snoring frequency and the possible correlates. RESULTS: The prevalence of habitual snoring was 12.0% (14.5% for boys vs. 9.5% for girls) in our sampled children. Following factors were associated with an increased risk for habitual snoring: lower family income (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.46), lower father's education (OR = 1.38 and 1.14 for middle school or under and high school of educational level, respectively), breastfeeding duration < 6 months (OR = 1.17), pregnancy maternal smoking (OR = 1.51), obesity (OR = 1.50), overweight (OR = 1.35), several respiratory problems associated with atopy and infection, such as chronic/allergic rhinitis (OR = 1.94), asthma (OR = 1.43), adenotonsillar hypertrophy (OR = 2.17), and chronic otitis media (OR = 1.31), and family history of habitual snoring (OR = 1.70). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of habitual snoring in Chinese children was similar to that observed in other countries. The potential predisposing factors covered socioeconomic characteristics, environmental exposures, chronic health problems, and family susceptibility. Compared to socioeconomic status and family susceptibility, environmental exposures and chronic health problems had greater impact, indicating childhood habitual snoring could be partly prevented by health promotion and environmental intervention. |
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spelling | pubmed-29675312010-11-02 Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors Li, Shenghui Jin, Xinming Yan, Chonghuai Wu, Shenghu Jiang, Fan Shen, Xiaoming Respir Res Research BACKGROUND: Habitual snoring, a prominent symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, is an important indicator for a number of health problems in children. Compared to adults, large epidemiological studies on childhood habitual snoring and associated predisposing factors are extremely scarce. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of habitual snoring among Chinese school-aged children. METHODS: A random sample of 20,152 children aged 5.08 to 11.99 years old participated in a cross-sectional survey, which was conducted in eight cities of China. Parent-administrated questionnaires were used to collect information on children's snoring frequency and the possible correlates. RESULTS: The prevalence of habitual snoring was 12.0% (14.5% for boys vs. 9.5% for girls) in our sampled children. Following factors were associated with an increased risk for habitual snoring: lower family income (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.46), lower father's education (OR = 1.38 and 1.14 for middle school or under and high school of educational level, respectively), breastfeeding duration < 6 months (OR = 1.17), pregnancy maternal smoking (OR = 1.51), obesity (OR = 1.50), overweight (OR = 1.35), several respiratory problems associated with atopy and infection, such as chronic/allergic rhinitis (OR = 1.94), asthma (OR = 1.43), adenotonsillar hypertrophy (OR = 2.17), and chronic otitis media (OR = 1.31), and family history of habitual snoring (OR = 1.70). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of habitual snoring in Chinese children was similar to that observed in other countries. The potential predisposing factors covered socioeconomic characteristics, environmental exposures, chronic health problems, and family susceptibility. Compared to socioeconomic status and family susceptibility, environmental exposures and chronic health problems had greater impact, indicating childhood habitual snoring could be partly prevented by health promotion and environmental intervention. BioMed Central 2010 2010-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2967531/ /pubmed/20955625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-144 Text en Copyright ©2010 Li et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Li, Shenghui Jin, Xinming Yan, Chonghuai Wu, Shenghu Jiang, Fan Shen, Xiaoming Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
title | Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
title_full | Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
title_fullStr | Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
title_full_unstemmed | Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
title_short | Habitual Snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
title_sort | habitual snoring in school-aged children: environmental and biological predictors |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20955625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-144 |
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