Follow-up of primary snoring in children

We reevaluated 13 children with primary snoring 3 years after their origina l polysomnograms were performed and compared them with healthy control subj ects. As a group, the patients' snoring and polysomnographic findings did n ot change. There was no difference in any sleep-disordered breathing of the patients and control subjects. Only the youngest individual in the study d eveloped frank obstructive sleep apnea. Children with primary snoring are n ot likely to develop polysomnography-confirmed obstructive sleep apnea, and it is safe to defer treatment.