new YORK (Reuters Health) – young children

they snore much or suffer other night breathing problems

would have high risk of behavioral disorders and

emotional more forward, says a study.

The research, published in Pediatrics, is not the first

to associate with both disorders. “We didn’t invent this relationship,”

said the lead author, Karen Bonuck, school of

medicine Albert Einstein, New York.

But clarified that it is the largest study to

now, in which more than 13,000 children were followed up the

seven years old.

Said parents, 45 percent of those children

he had no night, while other breathing problems

developed any symptoms in children or children.

On 8 percent met the characteristics of what the

authors considered the group more seriously, with a peak of symptoms

breathing between two and three years, then, is

maintained.

The Bonuck team observed that children in some

time had a respiratory disorder sleeping were

more likely to suffer symptoms of behavioural problems or

emotional, such as attention-deficit disorder with

anxiety or hyperactivity (ADHD).

A 13.5 per cent had such symptoms at age seven,

compared to 8 per cent of the participants without

nocturnal respiratory disorders.

The highest risk was registered in the group with symptoms

breathing more serious. At age seven, almost 18 by

cent of such children were likely to disorders signs

emotional or behavioural.

The team could not ensure that all these children had a

disorder defined as ADHD, that Bonuck explained that the

results arise from questionnaires responded that the

parents and not a comprehensive medical evaluation. There is no certainty

respiratory problems have been be the cause

direct.

But Bonuck said that the team had several account

variables that influence this relationship, as the income and the

education of parents, ethnicity, birth weight and if the

mothers had smoked during pregnancy.

“Even after considering all these variables, the effect of the

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respiratory sleep disorder was the stronger”, said Bonuck.

For example, in the Group of children with problems more

serious, respiratory sleep disorder was associated with

72 percent more likely to develop behavioral symptoms

and emotional to the seven years of age, even after considering

other factors.

“This provides solid proof that the symptoms

(respiratory) we study could promote these symptoms

behavioral and emotional”, concluded the author, who recalled

also that “behavioral and emotional disorders are

“”

multifactor”.

Therefore advised that parents “do not panic” and that

to any concern, consult a pediatrician.

For doctor Sanjeev V. Kothare, acting medical director

Pediatric disorders of the sleep of the Hospital Center of

Children of Boston, “(the study) found that intuíamos”.

Kothare, who did not participate in the study, agreed that the

parents should consult with your pediatrician if their children snore.

Recalled that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, by

its acronym in English) recommends that pediatricians control if

snore their patients and, if necessary, arising them to a

Centre specializing in the study of sleep.

Source: Pediatrics, online March 5th, 2012.