Snoring is considered a risk factor for breathing problems and other sleep-related problems in older children. The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of snoring in infants and the factors associated with snoring. The study assessed snoring in 1800 infants using interviewer-administered questionnaire. The prevalence of snoring was 15.8% in the first 4 weeks of life and 26.1% in the past two weeks.
Snoring in the past 2 weeks was associated with increasing age of the infant, male gender, maternal smoking, sleep position, number of respiratory infections and snoring in the first 4 week of life. The authors concluded that snoring is common in infancy. The identified risk factors for snoring are probably causally related to snoring. Further studies are needed to establish whether snoring in infancy is associated with current or subsequent morbidity.
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