Sleep-disordered breathing in a population-based cohort: behavioral outcomes at 4 and 7 years.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examine statistical effects of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) symptom trajectories from 6 months to 7 years on subsequent behavior.

Methods

Parents in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children reported on children's snoring, mouth breathing, and witnessed apnea at ≥2 surveys at 6, 18, 30, 42, 57, and 69 months, and completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire at 4 (n = 9140) and 7 (n = 8098) years. Cluster analysis produced 5 "Early" (6-42 months) and "Later" (6-69 months) symptom trajectories ("clusters"). Adverse behavioral outcomes were defined by top 10th percentiles on Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire total and subscales, at 4 and 7 years, in multivariable logistic regression models.

Results

The SDB clusters predicted ≈20%

SUBMITTER: Bonuck K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3313633 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature