Neurocognitive deficits in morbidly obese children with obstructive sleep apnea

S K Rhodes; K C Shimoda; L R Waid; P M O'Neil; M J Oexmann; N A Collop; S M Willi

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70164-8

Neurocognitive deficits in morbidly obese children with obstructive sleep apnea

J Pediatr. 1995 Nov;127(5):741-4. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70164-8.

Authors

S K Rhodes¹, K C Shimoda, L R Waid, P M O'Neil, M J Oexmann, N A Collop, S M Willi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-0742, USA.

PMID: 7472827
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70164-8

Abstract

Neurocognitive abilities were measured in 14 morbidly obese children, five of whom had obstructive sleep apnea as determined by polysomnography. As in adults, children with obstructive sleep apnea had deficits in learning, memory, and vocabulary. Moreover, apneic/hypopneic events were inversely related to memory and learning performance among the entire sample.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
Cognition Disorders / etiology*
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data
Obesity, Morbid / complications*
Obesity, Morbid / diagnosis
Obesity, Morbid / psychology
Polysomnography / statistics & numerical data
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / complications*
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / diagnosis
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / psychology
Wechsler Scales / statistics & numerical data

Grants and funding

M01RR01070/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States