Participant Characteristics
Participants’ demographic and anthropometric characteristics, SRBD
scores, apnea-hypopnea-index, and asthma severity, are presented inTable 1 . The study population had an average age of 11 ± 2.6
years, comprised 54 females and 84% were Black or of African American
ethnicity. The mean BMI z-score range was -0.89 (5th percentile) to 2.85
(99th percentile), and 45% of the participants were obese by CDC
criteria. 60% of the participants had moderate to severe persistent
asthma. The average SRBD score was 0.4 ± 0.2 with 56% of the
participants at or above the high OSA risk threshold of 0.33, and the
average obstructive AHI was 4.6 ± 12.6 with 40% of the participants
having OSA.