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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2024 Dec 31;37(4):e14992. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14992

Table 3.

Sleep history in youth with FAPDs and healthy youth

Measure All participants
(n = 120)
FAPDs
(n = 60)
Healthy youth
(n = 60)
P value
Sleep apnea
Gasping/snorting/choking 8.0 (6.7) 7.0 (11.7) 1.0 (1.7) 0.03
Snoring 15.0 (12.5) 9.0 (15.0) 6.0 (10.0) 0.29
Respiratory pauses 4.0 (3.3) 2.0 (3.3) 2.0 (3.3) 0.69
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy 10.0 (8.3) 7.0 (11.7) 3.0 (5.0) 0.16
Insomnia
Time to fall asleep: > 30 minutes 31.0 (25.8) 20.0 (33.3) 11.0 (18.3) 0.05
Time to waking up: 15-30 minutes 19.0 (15.8) 12.0 (20.0) 7.0 (11.7) 0.16
Parasomnia
Nightmares 20.0 (16.7) 15.0 (25.0) 5.0 (8.3) 0.01
Daytime sleepiness 57.0 (47.5) 37.0 (61.7) 20.0 (33.3) 0.002
Screaming 6.0 (5.0) 4.0 (6.7) 2.0 (3.3) 0.34
Sleepwalking 4.0 (3.3) 3.0 (5.0) 1.0 (1.7) 0.31
Hours of sleep (n = 113) (n = 56) (n = 57)
Total hours of sleep * 7.3 ± 1.2 7.2 ± 1.0 7.5 ± 1.3 0.07
Sleep in your own room
Every night 95.0 (79.2) 46.0 (76.7) 49.0 (81.7) 0.33
Most nights 8.0 (6.7) 5.0 (8.3) 3.0 (5.0) 0.36
Rarely 6.0 (5.0) 3.0 (5.0) 3.0 (5.0) 0.66
Never 11.0 (9.2) 6.0 (10.0) 5.0 (8.3) 0.50
Restless legs
Before sleep/at bedtime 31.0 (25.8) 18.0 (30.0) 13.0 (21.7) 0.20
During sleep 14.0 (11.7) 6.0 (10.0) 8.0 (13.3) 0.39
*

Data is formatted as mean ± standard deviation. All other data is formatted as value (percentage). FAPDs: Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders.