Association among nocturnal enuresis, body weight and obstructive sleep apnea in children of south Italy: an observational study.

BACKGROUND

To evaluate the rate of nocturnal enuresis (NE), body weight and obstructive sleep apnea in children 5 to 10 years of age in South Italy and the possible association among these disorders.

METHODS

We have administered 1100 validated questionnaires, in Italian language, to parents and we have analyzed data with a logistic regression.

RESULTS

Forty-two percent of children had a BMI≥85th (group 1) vs 58.0% normal weight children at the same age (group 2). There is a higher number of overweight males compared to females without statistically differences. In group 1 there was a higher number of children with NE and obstructive sleep disorders and some children present with the association among these three disorders.

CONCLUSIONS

There are no statistically differences between two study groups for the association body weight-NE, body weight-NE-obstructive sleep disorders.