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.