Table 1

Prevalence of infrequent and habitual snoring by age and gender

Gender

Boys
 Girls

n
 %
 n
 %
 P
Infrequent snoring
 130
 25.9
 118
 24.4
 >0.05
Habitual snoring
 82
 16.3
 69
 14.3
 >0.05

Age

< 7 years
 7 – 9 years
 > 9 years
 P

n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
Infrequent snoring
 77
 26.6
 70
 25.5
 100
 24.0
 >0.05
Habitual snoring
 58
 20.1
 42
 15.3
 51
 12.2
 0.03

Zhang et al. Respiratory Research 2004 5:19   doi:10.1186/1465-9921-5-19