Trial reportPloS one2014
Breastfeeding and snoring: a birth cohort study.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Breastfeeding and risk of habitual snoring in children: A meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Differences in attention abilities, growth, development, and quality of life between Chinese children with obstructive sleep apnea and healthy controls.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Early-life NOThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Throughout Lifespan: From Pregnancy to Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Why are we not working to prevent OSA?Sleep · 2024Article
- Impact of Breastfeeding Duration on Adenoid Hypertrophy, Snoring and Acute Otitis Media: A Case-Control Study in Preschool Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing in Shanghai: characteristics, independent risk factors and its association with malocclusion.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- The role of the dentist in the diagnosis and management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.The Saudi dental journal · 2021Review
- Associations among High Risk for Sleep-disordered Breathing, Related Risk Factors, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms in Elementary School Children.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2020Article
- Risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2020Article
- P4 medicine approach to obstructive sleep apnoea.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2017Review
- Parental Snoring and Environmental Pollutants, but Not Aeroallergen Sensitization, Are Associated with Childhood Snoring in a Birth Cohort.Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology · 2017Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and snoring in childhood.
methodsIn a cohort of children with a family history of asthma who were recruited antenatally we prospectively recorded data on infant feeding practices throughout the first year of life. Snoring status and witnessed sleep apnea were measured at age 8 years by parent-completed questionnaire. Associations were estimated by logistic regression with, and without, adjustment for sets of confounders designed to exclude biasing effects.
resultsHabitual snoring was reported in 18.8% of the sample, and witnessed apnea in 2.7%. Any breastfeeding for longer than one month was associated with a reduced risk of habitual snoring at age 8 (adjusted OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.81) and duration of breastfeeding was inversely associated with the prevalence of habitual snoring (adjusted OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.62 to 1.00). Any breastfeeding for longer than 1 month was associated with a lower risk of witnessed sleep apnea (adjusted OR 0.17, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.71). The protective associations were not mediated by BMI, current asthma, atopy or rhinitis at age 8 years.
conclusionsBreastfeeding for longer than one month decreases the risk of habitual snoring and witnessed apneas in this cohort of children with a family history of asthma. The underlying mechanism remains unclear but the finding would be consistent with a beneficial effect of the breast in the mouth on oropharyngeal development with consequent protection against upper airway dysfunction causing sleep-disordered breathing.
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