Association among nocturnal enuresis, body weight and obstructive sleep apnea in children of south Italy: an observational study.
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Abstrakt
BACKGROUND
To evaluate the rate of nocturnal enuresis (NE), body weight and obstructive sleep apnea in children 5 to 10 years of age in South Italy and the possible association among these disorders.
METHODS
We have administered 1.100 validated questionnaires, in Italian language, to parents and we have analyzed data with a logistic regression.
RESULTS
Forty-two percent of children had a BMI ≥ 85th (group 1) vs 58.0% normal weight children at the same age (group 2). There is a higher number of overweight males compared to females without statistically differences. In group 1 there were a higher number of children with NE and obstructive sleep disorders and exists in some children the association among these three disorders.
CONCLUSIONS
There are no statistically differences between two study groups for the association body weight-NE, body weight-NE-obstructive sleep disorders.
