Children with sleep-disordered breathing who live in less advantageous neighborhoods may have high symptom burden and poor quality of life Our findings reveal that greater neighborhood disadvantage across education, health and environment, and social and economic subdomains is associated with poorer sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)-related [quality of life habitual snoring and an apnea-hypopnea index of less than three events per hour — to determine how SDB symptom burden and quality of life are related to neighborhood disadvantage. define the specific neighborhood environmental risk factors (eg, chemical pollutants, housing factors, green space) that may worsen SDB-related symptoms and clarify the mechanistic pathways underlying these associations tobacco smoke reduced the link between COI and quality of life by 23% (to –1.92 points) and the link between COI and symptom burden by 14% (to –0.024 points). when considering asthma, as well as a 10% decrease between COI and symptom burden (to –0.025 points). tobacco smoke and asthma did not change the significance of the associations outlined above but did alter the strength of some links
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