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Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a pediatric condition with potentially important cardiopulmonary and neurobehavioral complications. To examine its prevalence and risk factors in children, a random sample of 700 elementary school children (grades K–5) in one county in Pennsylvania underwent polysomnograms. SDB was defined as primary snore (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] <1 and objective snoring), mild SDB (1 ≤ AHI <5), and moderate SDB (AHI ≥5). The authors previously reported that moderate SDB was significantly associated with elevated systolic blood pressure in these children.
The prevalences of primary snore, mild SDB, and moderate SDB were 15.5%, 25.0%, and 1.2%, respectively. In logistic regression analysis, larger waist circumference wa…