A study published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that asthma and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) overlap is common in school-age children in low-income urban areas, leading to poorer lung function and atopy, especially rhinitis. The Environmental Assessment Sleep Youth (EASY) study assessed these children for environmental risk factors associated with SDB. The study included 260 children, with 15% having both asthma and SDB. Children with asthma/SDB overlap had higher rates of atopic disease and obesity, as well as reduced lung function. The study concluded that screening children with SDB for asthma, and vice versa, may be valuable.
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Urban Schoolchildren Have High Rate of Asthma/Sleep-Disordered Breathing Overlap
