title: Prevalence of snoring in college students.
abstract: Snoring in college students may be the earliest presentation of adult sleep-disordered breathing, yet the literature contains few studies that demonstrate its effects on learning or whether early diagnosis leads to interruption of disease progression or prevention of comorbidities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors conducted this study in January-April 2004 to assess the prevalence of snoring in college students (N = 2,200).
  
  
  METHODS
  They developed a questionnaire on sleep behaviors and distributed it to 18- to 25-year-old undergraduates at a California university.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost one-third (30%) of participants reported snoring. The prevalence of snoring was higher among men than women (42% and 25%, respectively). The prevalence of self-reported snoring was highest in Asian students (37%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Snoring is highly prevalent in college students; prevalence is higher in men than women, correlates with body mass index, and varies by ethnicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Minal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Duyen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Ashoke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasquez
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: Terence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017286:Polysomnography; D015995:Prevalence; D012572:School Health Services; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012913:Snoring / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities