Prevalence of Snoring and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in a Student Population

Hui, David; Chan, Joseph Yat Sun; Ho, Alice; Choy, D.; Lai, Ching‐Long; Leung, Roland

doi:10.1378/chest.116.6.1530

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“…This figure is similar to that reported by others for paediatric groups and student populations [18,19,29,30]. Sex differences in the peripubertal group were not observed, but the frequency of habitual snorers was significantly higher among males than among females in the postpubertal group.…”

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Effects of sex on sleep-disordered breathing in adolescents

Fuentes-Pradera¹,

Sánchez‐Armengol²,

Capote-Gil³

et al. 2004

Eur Respir J

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This study was conducted to determine the influence of puberty on features of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in adolescents.The study was performed in a general population sample of 226 adolescents of both sexes (aged 11-19 yrs) recruited from the secondary school population of the city of Seville, Spain. Subjects were divided into two groups: 1) postpubertal, i.e. females who had undergone menarche and males in whom axillary hair development or peak height velocity had occurred w1 yr before the study; and 2) peripubertal, i.e. females who had not undergone menarche and males who had not developed axillary hair nor reached peak height velocity, or subjects in whom these pubertal changes had appeared v1 yr before the study. All subjects answered a questionnaire on SDB and underwent overnight cardiorespiratory polygraphy.There were 50 males and 40 females (mean¡SD age 13.5¡1.2 yrs) in the peripubertal group, and 54 males and 82 females (age 16.3¡1.7 yrs) in the postpubertal group. Males exhibited significantly higher neck circumference/height index and waist/hip index than females in both the peripubertal and postpubertal groups. In the postpubertal group, snoring and polygraphic alterations (respiratory events and oximetric parameters) were significantly more frequent in males than in females. Postpubertal adolescents showed sex differences in clinical and polygraphic parameters that were not observed at earlier pubertal stages.These findings support the influence of sex hormones on sex differences in sleepdisordered breathing.

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confidence: 91%

Effects of sex on sleep-disordered breathing in adolescents

Fuentes-Pradera¹,

Sánchez‐Armengol²,

Capote-Gil³

et al. 2004

Eur Respir J

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“…The prevalence of habitual snoring in 1.910 Asian university student was 25.7%. Male gender showed a trend as an independent predictor for snoring in this study (13). Khoo et al (14) has shown that snoring was reported by 6.8% of 2298 adults in Singapore.…”

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The Association Between Snoring, Daytime Sleepiness and Obesity in Professional Wrestlers

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Aim:To investigate the prevalence of snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness and other sleep symptoms in a group of professional wrestlers and to identify the risk factors of snoring in these subjects.Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 55 professional wrestlers and 44 age matched men. All subjects answered nine questions about their sleep and snoring habits and self-graded on a scale of 0 to 4. The questions were also related to demographic characteristics, Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) and general medical history.Results: There were no significant differences in age, smoking and alcohol intake between wrestlers and control subjects. Obesity (p=0.004) was significantly more common and neck circumference (p=0.004) significantly higher in wrestlers than in control subjects. Bed time were significantly early (p=0.006), wake time significantly late (p=0.014), total sleep time significantly higher (p<0.001) in wrestlers when compared to control subjects. Habitual snoring rated was reported by 9.1% of wrestlers and by 6.8% of control subjects (p>0.05). The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness, witnessed apnea, morning headache, restless leg, insomnia, sleep talking, sleep walking and mean ESS were not significantly different in wrestlers when compared to control subjects.Conclusion: There were no significant differences with respect to habitual snoring, daytime sleepiness and ESS between wrestlers and control subjects. However, obesity and large neck circumference were much more common among wrestlers.

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“…The prevalence rate of snoring in this study was 43.9% which was higher than that noted in previous investigation in which 25.7% of young adults in Hong Kong reported snoring (Table 2). 17) 50.4% of subjects in this study experienced insomnia while about one third of the adult population reported insomnia symptoms (Table 2). …”

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confidence: 71%

Sleep Disturbances and Personality Type Test

Park¹

2015

Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between sleep disturbances and personality type. Methods:Five hundred twenty-four college students in Gyeonggi-do completed the MyersBriggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and a questionnaire and collected data were analyzed by SAS 9.4 program. Results:Extroversion (E) type, sensation (S) type, and perceiving (P) type had significantly higher prevalence of insomnia than introversion (I) type (p<0.05), intuition (N) type (p<0.05), and judging (J) type (p<0.001), respectively. Tooth grinding, snoring and insomnia appeared to occur more frequently in feeling (F) type than in thinking (T) type. Tooth clenching, tooth grinding and snoring seemed to occur more frequently in S type than in N type. Insomnia occurred significantly the most frequently in sensation-feeling (SF) type (p<0.05). Tooth grinding and snoring seemed to occur the most frequently in SF type. A significantly increased percentage of sensation-perceiving (SP) type demonstrated insomnia (p<0.001). Tooth clenching, tooth grinding and snoring seemed to occur the most frequently in sensation-judging (SJ) type. Sensitive or nervous type of personality had significantly higher prevalence of insomnia than relaxed or general type of personality (p<0.01). A significantly increased percentage of subjects with bad general health status showed insomnia (p<0.0001). Tooth clenching and snoring seemed to occur the most frequently in subjects with bad general health status. A significantly decreased percentage of normal weight subjects demonstrated tooth grinding (p<0.05). Snoring occurred significantly the most frequently in overweight subjects (p<0.001). Tooth clenching showed significant correlation with stress (p<0.01) and personality (p<0.05). Snoring showed significant correlation with stress (p<0.05) and body weight (p<0.001). Insomnia showed significant correlation with stress (p<0.0001), personality (p<0.01), and general health status (p<0.0001). Conclusions:Sleep disturbances including tooth clenching and insomnia were associated with personality type and it is desirable to manage them considering personality type.

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Prevalence of Snoring and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in a Student Population

Cited by 52 publications

References 31 publications

Effects of sex on sleep-disordered breathing in adolescents

Effects of sex on sleep-disordered breathing in adolescents

The Association Between Snoring, Daytime Sleepiness and Obesity in Professional Wrestlers

Sleep Disturbances and Personality Type Test

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