Remission and incidence of obstructive sleep apnea from middle childhood to late adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

To study the incidence, remission, and prediction of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) from middle childhood to late adolescence.

Design

Longitudinal analysis.

Setting

The Cleveland Children's Sleep and Health Study, an ethnically mixed, urban, community-based cohort, followed 8 y.

Participants

There were 490 participants with overnight polysomnography data available at ages 8-11 and 16-19 y.

Measurements and results

Baseline participant characteristics and health history were ascertained from parent report and US census data. OSA was defined as an obstructive apnea- hypopnea index ≥ 5 or an obstructive apnea index ≥ 1. OSA prevalence was approximately 4% at each examination, but OSA largely did not persist from middle childhood to late adole

SUBMITTER: Spilsbury JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature