Snoring and its Associated Comorbidities.

Snoring is often perceived as a simple social nuisance, whereas it can be a telltale sign of serious respiratory diseases. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of self-reported habitual snoring and to identify its associated factors.  This cross-sectional study surveyed 815 individuals about their medical history, anthropometric characteristics, and lifestyle using a questionnaire.  The prevalence of self-reported habitual snoring in our sample was 29.2%. Variables independently associated with snoring were advanced age (  = 0.008), asthma (  = 0.003), sleepiness (  < 0.001), hyperthyroidism (  = 0.006), smoking (  < 0.001), diabetes (  = 0.010), and abdominal obesity (  = 0.007).  This survey has highlighted the importance of snoring in an Arab-African context, to bring more awareness to this respiratory disorder and to understand that a simple snore can be a silent cry of an organism in need of help.