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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 children (54.4% males) with mean age of 10.8 ± 2.6 y were studied with a BMI of 28.0 ± 4.7 kg/m(2) corresponding to 96.8 ± 0.6 percentile when adjusted for age and sex. The mean respiratory disturbance index (RDI), obstructive RDI (ORDI), and obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) were 5.58 ± 9.90, 5.06 ± 9.57, and 3.39 ± 8.78/h total sleep time (TST), respectively. Using ≥ 3/h TST as the cutoff for the presence of OSAS, the prevalence of OSAS ranged from 21.5% to 39.5% depending on whether OAHI, ORDI, or RDI were used.

Conclusions

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in obese children from the general population is high. Obese children should be screened for the presence of OSAS. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01322763.

SUBMITTER: Alonso-Alvarez ML

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Alonso-Álvarez María Luz ML Cordero-Guevara José Aurelio JA Terán-Santos Joaquin J Gonzalez-Martinez Mónica M Jurado-Luque María José MJ Corral-Peñafiel Jaime J Duran-Cantolla Joaquin J Kheirandish-Gozal Leila L Gozal David D

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<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Aim</h4>To determine the prevalence of OSAS in obese children identified and recruited from primary care centers.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional, prospective, multicenter study. Spanish children ages 3-14 y with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal ...[more]

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

Introduction

Aim

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

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

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