Sleep Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 357-361, June 2006

Waist circumference predicts the occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing in obese children and adolescents: A questionnaire-based study

  • Marco Carotenuto

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Via Luigi Pansini no. 5-PAD XI, 80131 Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 0815666695; fax: +39 0815666694.
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  • Oliviero Bruni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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  • Nicola Santoro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Via L. De Crecchio no. 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
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  • Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Via L. De Crecchio no. 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
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  • Laura Perrone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Via L. De Crecchio no. 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
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  • Antonio Pascotto

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Via Luigi Pansini no. 5-PAD XI, 80131 Naples, Italy

Received 9 October 2005; received in revised form 4 January 2006; accepted 10 January 2006.

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PII: S1389-9457(06)00013-X

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2006.01.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 357-361, June 2006

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