Prevalence of snoring and craniofacial features in Malaysian children from hospital-based medical clinic population
Snoring is considered as the most common clinical symptom of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome. However, many snoring studies were done in western population, and data from around Asia is scarce. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of snoring among Mal...
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Springer-Verlag
2008
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/2232/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2232/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2232/1/sleep_breath_article.pdf |
| Summary: | Snoring is considered as the most common
clinical symptom of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea
syndrome. However, many snoring studies were done in
western population, and data from around Asia is scarce.
Therefore, the purposes of this study were to determine the
prevalence of snoring among Malaysian children from
hospital-based medical clinic population setting and to
compare the craniofacial features of children with and
without snoring using cephalometric analysis. A crosssectional
study among children aged 7–15 years were
carried out in Hospital Kuala Terengganu. Sleep behavior
questionnaire (Berlin questionnaire) was given to 500
children. The respondents were divided into snoring and
non-snoring groups. Thirty children from each group were
randomly selected to undergo a cephalometric X-ray. For
each lateral cephalometric radiograph, 17 parameters consisting bony, soft tissue, and angular measurements were
recorded using computer software VixWin2000. Independent
t test was used to analyze the data. The results
indicated that the whole questionnaire respondents were
317 (46 snoring and 271 non-snoring), hence, the prevalence
of snoring in our survey population was 14.51%. The
cephalometric X-ray showed that the snoring children
manifested a significant different craniofacial features, such as narrow airway at the level of the soft palate and
oropharynx (p<0.05), more inferiorly positioned hyoid
bone (p<0.05), longer vertical airway length from posterior
nasal spine to the base of epiglottis (p<0.05), more
protruding maxilla, and anterior–posterior discrepancy of
maxilla and mandible (p<0.05). In conclusion, our snorer
children exhibit significant craniofacial differences compared to non-snorer groups. |
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