Seyni Gueye-Ndiaye, Meg Tully, Raouf Amin, Cristina Baldassari, Ronald D Chervin, Melissa Cole, Sally Ibrahim, Erin M Kirkham, Ron B Mitchell, Kamal Naqvi, Kristie Ross, Michael Rueschman, Ignacio E Tapia, Ariel A Williamson, Zhuoran Wei, Carol L Rosen, Rui Wang, Susan Redline
RATIONALE: Neighborhood disadvantage (ND) has been associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children. However, the association between ND and SDB symptom burden and quality of life (QOL) has not yet been studied. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between ND with SDB symptom burden and QOL. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses were performed on 453 children, ages 3-12.9 years, with mild SDB (habitual snoring and apnea-hypopnea index <3/hour) enrolled in the Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Trial for Snoring (PATS) multicenter study...
January 19, 2024: Annals of the American Thoracic Society