Associations among High Risk for Sleep-disordered Breathing, Related Risk Factors, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms in Elementary School Children
Kyoung Min Kim, Jee Hyun Kim, Dohyun Kim, Myung Ho Lim, Hyunjoo Joo, Seung-Jin Yoo, Eun-Jung Kim, Mina Ha, Ki Chung Paik, Ho‐Jang Kwon
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: : Habitual snoring is a common problem in children. We evaluated the association between a high risk for sleep-disordered breathing and attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms. METHODS: Parents of 13,560 children aged 6 to 12 years responded to questionnaires including items on habitual snoring and the Korean attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder rating scale. The snoring score comprised the number of "yes" responses to habitual-snoring items, and a high risk for sleep-disordered breathing was defined as a snoring score ≥ 2. RESULTS: < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Our study confirms several risk factors of sleep-disordered breathing, namely male sex, overweight, and exposure to tobacco smoking, and found a positive association between habitual snoring and attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms.