Associations of Snoring and Asthma Morbidity in the School Inner-City Asthma Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inner-city children are disproportionately affected by asthma and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). However, little is known about the association of SDB symptoms with asthma morbidity in this vulnerable population.

Objective

Assess the relationship between snoring frequency and asthma morbidity.

Methods

This study was part of the School Inner-City Asthma Study, a longitudinal prospective cohort study of children with persistent asthma who attended schools in the Northeast United States from 2008 to 2013. Participants had baseline assessments of asthma symptoms, snoring, and allergy status. Caregivers completed quarterly surveys for 12 months on symptoms of asthma, snoring, and health care outcomes. Snoring frequency (non-, rare-, sometimes-, habitual-snori

SUBMITTER: Gunnlaugsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8511301 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature