Obstructive sleep apnea in obese community-dwelling children: the NANOS study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity in children is assumed to serve as a major risk factor in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). However, the prevalence of OSAS in otherwise healthy obese children from the community is unknown.

Aim

To determine the prevalence of OSAS in obese children identified and recruited from primary care centers.

Methods

A cross-sectional, prospective, multicenter study. Spanish children ages 3-14 y with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for age and sex were randomly selected, and underwent medical history, snoring, and Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) assessments, as well as physical examination, nasopharyngoscopy, and nocturnal polysomnography (NPSG) recordings.

Results

Two hundred forty-eight chil

SUBMITTER: Alonso-Alvarez ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3985101 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature