Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers?
Introduction: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults have an adverse influence on the circulatory system and promote the development of hypertension, among other disorders. A large number of literature data confirm the view that sleep-disordered breathing can increase the risk of the developme...
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| author | Małgorzata Stańczyk Anna Mazurek-Kula Katarzyna Ostrowska Piotr Raczyński Wiesław Konopka Jarosław Andrzejewski Marcin Tkaczyk |
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| description | Introduction: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults have an adverse influence on the circulatory system and promote the
development of hypertension, among other disorders. A large number of literature data confirm the view that sleep-disordered
breathing can increase the risk of the development of hypertension in childhood as well. The aim of the study was to evaluate blood pressure values in children with adenoid or tonsillar hypertrophy and sleep-related breathing disorders such as snoring or apnoea. Material and methods: Fifty-one children participated in the study (17 girls and 34 boys). Anthropometric measurements (body height and weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumference) and blood pressure values were analysed. The intensity of sleep-related breathing disorders was evaluated using a questionnaire administered to the children’s parents. The results obtained were compared to normative values established by a Polish population study (OLAF). Results: Children from the study group have body dimensions comparable with those of the whole children population. Blood pressure in the children from the study group is also within normal range, but in boys we found it to be slightly higher than in girls by comparing the Z-score values. Conclusions: We did not confirm the hypothesis that children who snore due to adenoid/tonsillar hypertrophy who were qualified to surgery had hypertension in comparison to the whole population of Polish children. However, it was observed that snoring had a greater impact on boys’ blood pressure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fdb6fcc4de94a7c96d6f60c20cdd18c2022-12-21T18:49:13ZengMedical Communications Sp. z o.o.Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna1734-15312451-07422015-03-011119510310.15557/PiMR.2015.0008Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers?Małgorzata Stańczyk0Anna Mazurek-Kula1Katarzyna Ostrowska2Piotr Raczyński3Wiesław Konopka4Jarosław Andrzejewski5Marcin Tkaczyk6Department of Paediatrics and Immunology with a Nephrology Division, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, Łódź, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Krzysztof Zeman, MD, PhDDepartment of Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, Łódź, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Jadwiga Moll, MD, PhDDepartment of Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, Łódź, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Jadwiga Moll, MD, PhDDepartment of Imaging Diagnostics, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, Łódź, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Tadeusz Biegański, MD, PhDDepartment of Otolaryngology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, Łódź, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Wiesław Konopka, MD, PhDDepartment of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics, Medical University ofŁódź. Head of the Department: Professor Anna Zakrzewska, MD, PhDDepartment of Paediatrics and Immunology with a Nephrology Division, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, Łódź, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Krzysztof Zeman, MD, PhDIntroduction: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults have an adverse influence on the circulatory system and promote the development of hypertension, among other disorders. A large number of literature data confirm the view that sleep-disordered breathing can increase the risk of the development of hypertension in childhood as well. The aim of the study was to evaluate blood pressure values in children with adenoid or tonsillar hypertrophy and sleep-related breathing disorders such as snoring or apnoea. Material and methods: Fifty-one children participated in the study (17 girls and 34 boys). Anthropometric measurements (body height and weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumference) and blood pressure values were analysed. The intensity of sleep-related breathing disorders was evaluated using a questionnaire administered to the children’s parents. The results obtained were compared to normative values established by a Polish population study (OLAF). Results: Children from the study group have body dimensions comparable with those of the whole children population. Blood pressure in the children from the study group is also within normal range, but in boys we found it to be slightly higher than in girls by comparing the Z-score values. Conclusions: We did not confirm the hypothesis that children who snore due to adenoid/tonsillar hypertrophy who were qualified to surgery had hypertension in comparison to the whole population of Polish children. However, it was observed that snoring had a greater impact on boys’ blood pressure.http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2015-vol-11-no-1/do-children-who-snore-have-a-higher-blood-pressure-than-their-peers?aid=837childrensnoringbreathing disordershypertension |
| spellingShingle | Małgorzata Stańczyk Anna Mazurek-Kula Katarzyna Ostrowska Piotr Raczyński Wiesław Konopka Jarosław Andrzejewski Marcin Tkaczyk Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers? Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna children snoring breathing disorders hypertension |
| title | Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers? |
| title_full | Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers? |
| title_fullStr | Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers? |
| title_short | Do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers? |
| title_sort | do children who snore have a higher blood pressure than their peers |
| topic | children snoring breathing disorders hypertension |
| url | http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2015-vol-11-no-1/do-children-who-snore-have-a-higher-blood-pressure-than-their-peers?aid=837 |
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