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Snoring in French preschool children
D B Teculescu1, I Caillier, P Perrin
1INSERM-Unité 115, Faculté de Médecine, Vandoeuvre, France.
Pediatric Pulmonology
|August 1, 1992
Summary
Habitual snoring in young children is linked to allergies and enlarged tonsils. These factors, along with asthma, are key predictors of snoring in this age group.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Sleep Medicine
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Habitual snoring is a common issue in children, potentially indicating underlying health problems.
- Understanding the risk factors and associations of childhood snoring is crucial for early intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the prevalence of habitual snoring in 5- to 6-year-old children.
- To identify associations between habitual snoring and respiratory symptoms, risk factors, ear, nose, and throat (ENT) abnormalities, and ventilatory function.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional study was conducted on 190 children aged 5-6 years from nine kindergartens in Nancy, France.
- Data collected included snoring habits, personal and familial medical history (allergies, asthma, adenotonsillectomy), ENT assessments (tonsillar hypertrophy), and ventilatory function (peak expiratory flow rate).
- Statistical analyses included univariate analysis and logistic regression to identify independent determinants of habitual snoring.
Main Results:
- The prevalence of habitual snoring was 10% in the study sample, with no significant difference between boys and girls.
- Significant univariate associations with habitual snoring included personal history of exercise-induced bronchospasm, adenotonsillectomy, personal history of allergy, sibling history of atopy, and tonsillar hypertrophy.
- Logistic regression identified exercise-induced asthma, personal history of allergy, sibling history of allergy, and tonsillar hypertrophy as independent determinants of habitual snoring. Peak expiratory flow rate was non-significantly lower in snorers.
Conclusions:
- Childhood habitual snoring is significantly associated with allergic conditions and tonsillar hypertrophy.
- Early identification of these factors in children can aid in managing habitual snoring and potential respiratory complications.
- Further research with larger sample sizes is needed to explore other potential risk factors, such as parental smoking.