Researchers found that 41 of 100 pregnant women snored, compared with 17 of 100 non-pregnant women. The increased snoring among pregnant women may be linked with weight gain and pressure on the trachea and lungs caused by the distended abdomen, BBC News reported.

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The study also found that women snorers had, on average, a one-centimetre greater neck circumference than non-snorers.

The researchers noted that as pregnant women's airways narrow, their blood pressure increases. High blood pressure is linked to pre-eclampsia. So this study supports previous data that pregnant women who snore have a greater risk of pre-eclampsia, the study authors said.

The findings appear in the European Respiratory Journal. – (HealthDayNews)

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January 2006
 

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