Natural history of snoring and other sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) symptoms in 7-year-old New Zealand children: a follow-up from age 3

Luo, Rebekah; Schaughency, Elizabeth; Gill, Amelia I.; Dawes, P. J. D.; Galland, Barbara

doi:10.1007/s11325-014-1113-7

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“…Nevertheless, it has been demonstrated that a single symptom or sign has poor diagnostic accuracy in predicting paediatric OSA 9 . The snoring status of children and the presence of OSA can change during childhood, regardless of whether any procedures are carried out 10,11 . The change in status may be caused be a change in the size of the tonsils and adenoids, with respect to the airway at different ages.…”

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Snoring toddlers with and without obstructive sleep apnoea differed with regard to snoring time, adenoid size and mouth breathing

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Aim The difficulty of assessing the likelihood of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children who snore without full‐night polysomnography is widely recognised. Our aim was to identify features that were characteristic of two‐year‐old children with OSA and evaluate whether this information could be used to assess the likelihood of OSA. Methods The study was carried out as part of the Child‐Sleep Project, a longitudinal birth cohort study of children born at Tampere University Hospital, Finland. This part of the study focused on the children in the cohort who snored and was carried out between 2013 and 2015. The primary outcomes were measured using parental questionnaires, polysomnography and clinical examinations. Results In total, 52 children participated at a mean age of 27 months (range 23‐34). Of these, 32 (44% male) snorers and 20 (70% male) controls. The most significant findings were that children who had OSA demonstrated longer snoring time (P = .003), a greater tendency for mouth breathing (P = .007) and bigger adenoid size (P = .008) than snorers without OSA. Conclusion Snoring time, adenoid tissue size and mouth breathing were important features that identified the likelihood of OSA in snoring toddlers.

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Snoring toddlers with and without obstructive sleep apnoea differed with regard to snoring time, adenoid size and mouth breathing

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“…Habitual snoring status has been demonstrated to fluctuate naturally in the early childhood years. 21 In our study all controls were still non-snoring and 5659% of the snoring children were snoring minimum of three nights per week at the time of examination. The groups can be interpreted to represent never snoring children (control group) and children who have had remarkable snoring between ages 8 to 24 months (snorer group).…”

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Association between snoring and deciduous dental development and soft tissue profile in 3-year-old children

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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

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Association between snoring and primary dental development and soft tissue profile in 3-year-old children Introduction: The aim was to study the association between snoring and development of occlusion, maxillary dental arch, and soft tissue profile in children with newly completed primary dentition. Methods: 32 (18 female, 14 male) parent-reported snorers (snoring ≥3 nights/week) and 19 (14 female, 6 male) non-snorers were recruited. Breathing preference (nose/mouth) was assessed at the mean age of 27 months by otorhinolaryngologist. At the mean age of 33 months, an orthodontic examination was performed, including sagittal relationship of 2 nd primary molars, overjet, overbite, and occurrence of crowding and lateral crossbite. Bite index was obtained to measure upper dental arch dimensions (inter-canine and inter-molar width, arch length). A profile photograph was obtained to measure facial convexity. Results: No significant differences were found between non-snorers and snorers in any of the studied occlusal characteristics or in measurements of upper dental arch dimensions. Snorers were found to have a more convex profile than non-snorers. Occurrence of mouth breathing was more common among snorers. Conclusions: Parent-reported snoring (≥3 nights/week) does not seem to be associated with an adverse effect on the early development of primary dentition, but snoring children seem to have more convex profile than non-snorers. Snoring is mild sign of sleep disordered breathing (SDB), and in the present study its short time lapse may not have had adequate functional impact on occlusion.

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“…Although our study provides a temporal framework for links between early childhood SDB and academic outcomes at age 8, the study cannot help determine the optimal time to treat SDB in children to mitigate academic sequelae. The latter will always be challenging because of the changing dynamics of SDB across childhood (Anuntaseree et al, 2005;Luo et al, 2015). Child mental health professionals should be aware that sleep difficulties, such as those associated with SDB, may impact academic progress.…”

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Sleep-Related Breathing Problem Trajectories Across Early Childhood and Academic Achievement-Related Performance at Age Eight

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Background: Childhood sleep disordered breathing (SDB) has been linked to poorer academic performance; however, research has not investigated the extent improvement in SDB may alter outcomes across key academic skills. This study aimed to investigate if children's early SDB status could predict later academic outcomes, and if an improvement in SDB status across the early childhood years would coincide with better, later performance in key academic skills related to reading, numeracy, and listening comprehension.Methods: Eighty five case children with an SDB symptom score >25 (maximum 77) were matched to 85 control children (score <12) at recruitment (age 3). SDB severity (symptom history and clinical assessment) was evaluated at ages 3, 4, 6, and 8 years and performance on individually-administered academic skills assessed at age 8 (91% retention from age 3). Case children were categorized into “improved” or “not-improved” groups based on SDB trajectories over the 5 years. Contributions of SDB status and trajectory group to academic performance were determined using regression analysis adjusted for demographic variables.Results: History of SDB from age 3 predicted significantly poorer performance on some key academic skills (oral reading and listening skills) at age 8. Children whose SDB improved (45%) performed better in oral reading fluency than those whose SDB did not improve, but difficulties with specific tasks involving oral language (listening retell) remained when compared to controls.Conclusion: Findings support links between early SDB and worse academic outcomes and suggest key academic areas of concern around oral language. Findings highlight the need for child mental health professionals to be aware of children's sleep problems, particularly SDB (past and present), when assessing potential barriers to children's achievement, to assist with appropriate and timely referrals for evaluation of children's sleep difficulties and collaborative evaluation of response to intervention for sleep difficulties.

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Natural history of snoring and other sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) symptoms in 7-year-old New Zealand children: a follow-up from age 3

Cited by 13 publications

References 29 publications

Snoring toddlers with and without obstructive sleep apnoea differed with regard to snoring time, adenoid size and mouth breathing

Snoring toddlers with and without obstructive sleep apnoea differed with regard to snoring time, adenoid size and mouth breathing

Association between snoring and deciduous dental development and soft tissue profile in 3-year-old children

Sleep-Related Breathing Problem Trajectories Across Early Childhood and Academic Achievement-Related Performance at Age Eight

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