Twenty-year Follow-up of Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Overview

Journal J Clin Sleep Med

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2022 Feb 15

PMID 35164899

Authors

Luana Nosetti

Marco Zaffanello

Eliot S Katz

Maddalena Vitali

Massimo Agosti

Giuliana Ferrante

Giovanna Cilluffo

Giorgio Piacentini

Stefania La Grutta

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Abstract

Study Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children is associated with acute metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurocognitive abnormalities. The long-term outcomes of childhood OSA into adulthood have not been established. We performed a 20-year follow-up of patients with polysomnography-documented OSA in childhood compared to a healthy control group to evaluate the long-term anthropometric, sleep, cognitive, and cardiovascular outcomes.

Methods: Children diagnosed with severe OSA between ages 1 and 17 years (mean, 4.87 ± 2.77) were prospectively contacted by telephone as young adults after approximately 20 years. Data collected included reported anthropometric information, educational level, health history, and Berlin questionnaire scores.

Results: Young adults with confirmed severe OSA in childhood had significantly higher adulthood body mass index ( = .038), fewer academic degrees ( < .001), and more snoring ( = .045) compared to control patients. The apnea-hypopnea index during childhood trended toward predicting cardiovascular outcomes and the results of the Berlin questionnaire in adulthood.

Conclusions: Adults with a history of severe childhood OSA have a high risk of snoring, elevated body mass index, and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Thus, children with severe OSA may be at increased risk of chronic diseases later in life. The intervening coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has introduced considerable additional neurobehavioral morbidity complicating the identification of the full long-term consequences of childhood OSA.

Citation: Nosetti L, Zaffanello M, Katz ES, et al. Twenty-year follow-up of children with obstructive sleep apnea. 2022;18(6):1573-1581.

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