“…OSAS is much more common in children and adolescents with DS with an estimated prevalence of 50-75% compared with 1.2-5.7% of the general population (Bassell, Phan, Leu, Kronk, & Visootsak, 2015;Marcus et al, 2012;Pandit & Fitzgerald, 2012;Simpson, Oyekan, Ehsan, & Ingram, 2018;Tan, Gozal, & Kheirandish-Gozal, 2013). Various etiological factors have been identified including variations in anatomy, ventilatory volume differences, and muscle tone (Bassell et al, 2015;Chang & Chae, 2010;Pandit & Fitzgerald, 2012;Ridore et al, 2017).…”