A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study on Congenital Heart Diseases and Symptoms of Sleep-disordered Breathing among Japanese Down's Syndrome People

摘要

Objective It is well known that people with Down's syndrome (DS) frequently complicate with congenital heart diseases (CHDs). Patients with heart diseases often have sleep-disordered breathing as a co-morbidity (SDB) which worsens the heart diseases. However, the relationship between SDB and CHDs in DS people has not yet been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to establish the association between SDB and CHDs in DS people using data from a large nationwide questionnaire survey in Japan.