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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Children Probands.

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Study objectives

Previous studies suggest the presence of familial aggregation of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. However, similar data on childhood OSA are limited. This family study aimed to investigate the heritability and familial aggregation of childhood OSA and to examine whether significant differences existed between patients of normal weight and overweight.

Methods

Children aged 6 to 18 years were recruited as probands either from attendants to sleep clinic (with habitual snoring) or the community (without habitual snoring). Parents and siblings of the probands were also invited to participate. All participants underwent nocturnal sleep study.

Results

A total of 229 probands took part, of whom 33 had moderate to severe OSA, 70 had mild disease, and 126 had no OSA. A total of 412 relatives were also recruited. Although the overall heritability of obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) was not significant (h² ± SE = 0.03 ± 0.09, P = .37), it was significant in overweight individuals on subgroup analysis (h² ± SE = 0.43 ± 0.24, P = .032). Significant interaction effect of overweight was demonstrated in both heritability and familial aggregation analyses. Bivariate genetic analysis found that the genetic correlation between OAHI and body mass index in overweight individuals (ρ_g ± SE = 0.63 ± 0.18) was significantly different from both 0 (P = .005) and 1 (P = .025).

Conclusions

The differential results of heritability and familial aggregation of OSA in normal weight and overweight subgroups substantiated the recommendation of separating childhood OSA into normal weight and overweight subtypes. In the overweight subgroup, there may be obesity-independent components involved in the genetic variance of OAHI, although a significant proportion of the genetic variance is shared with obesity.

SUBMITTER: Au CT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853399 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Children Probands.

Au Chun Ting CT Zhang Jihui J Cheung Jennifa Yuk Fa JYF Chan Kate Ching Ching KCC Wing Yun Kwok YK Li Albert M AM

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 20191101 11

<h4>Study objectives</h4>Previous studies suggest the presence of familial aggregation of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. However, similar data on childhood OSA are limited. This family study aimed to investigate the heritability and familial aggregation of childhood OSA and to examine whether significant differences existed between patients of normal weight and overweight.<h4>Methods</h4>Children aged 6 to 18 years were recruited as probands either from attendants to sleep clinic (with ...[more]

PMID: 31739845

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Project description:BACKGROUND:The known risk factors of childhood OSAS include tonsillar and adenoidhypertrophy, obesity, craniofacial anomalies, neuromuscular disorders and African-American (AA) ancestry. Whether other factors such as allergic rhinitis (AR), premature, environmental tobacco smoking (ETS) are associated with OSAS are inconsistent in different studies. Our study enrolled children of a broad age range and included potential risk factors of OSAS derived from previous studies and our own experience. Our objective is to identify risk factors of OSAS in children in a clinical setting. METHODS:Children between 2 and 15?years of age exhibiting snoring symptoms who visited the sleep center for polysomnography (PSG) were enrolled. All children completed a questionnaire, physical examination and PSG. The questionnaire included demographic data and information related to potential risk factors for sleep disorders. A physical examination included measurements of height, weight, neck circumference, waist and hip ratio, visual evaluation of the tonsils and the degree of adenoid obstruction. Children with obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) ? 1 were defined as OSAS. RESULTS:A total of 1578 children were enrolled and1009 children exhibited OSAS. Univariate analyses showed that snoring occurring for ? 3?months, male gender, preterm birth, breastfeeding, obesity, neck circumference???30?cm, waist/hip ratio???0.95, tonsillar hypertrophy, and adenoid hypertrophy were associated with OSAS. The proportion of low educational level was higher in parents who breastfed their babies than those who didn't. Multivariate analysis showed that snoring for ? 3?months, male gender, obesity, breastfeeding, tonsillar hypertrophy, and adenoid hypertrophy were associated with OSAS. Confounders such as socioeconomic status, parental occupation, and health-related behaviors should be explored further to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and OSAS. CONCLUSION:The independent risk factors for OSAS in children included snoring ? 3?months, male gender, obesity, breastfeeding, tonsillar and adenoid hypertrophy. The study was registered on Clinical Trials government (NCT02447614). The name of the trial is "Follow-up Studies of Primary Snoring (PS) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) in Chinese Children" and the URL is https://clinicaltrials.gov/.

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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Children Probands.

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