title: Association among nocturnal enuresis, body weight and obstructive sleep apnea in children of south Italy: an observational study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate the rate of nocturnal enuresis (NE), body weight and obstructive sleep apnea in children 5 to 10 years of age in South Italy and the possible association among these disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have administered 1100 validated questionnaires, in Italian language, to parents and we have analyzed data with a logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two percent of children had a BMI≥85th (group 1) vs 58.0% normal weight children at the same age (group 2). There is a higher number of overweight males compared to females without statistically differences. In group 1 there was a higher number of children with NE and obstructive sleep disorders and some children present with the association among these three disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are no statistically differences between two study groups for the association body weight-NE, body weight-NE-obstructive sleep disorders.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy - pferrara@rm.unicatt.it.|Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy - pferrara@rm.unicatt.it.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fabrizio
authors.affiliation: Unit of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spina
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ianniello
authors.affiliation: Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sbordone
authors.affiliation: Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vitelli
authors.affiliation: Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quintarelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verrotti
authors.affiliation: Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saggese
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D053206:Nocturnal Enuresis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000201:enzymology*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires