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Snoring
What Increases Your Risk
Factors that may increase your risk of snoring include:
- Being male. Men are more likely to snore than women.
- Age. Snoring is most common in middle-aged people.
- Heredity. Snoring may run in families.
- Weight gain and obesity.
- Smoking. Exposing children to tobacco smoke may also increase their risk of snoring.
- Use of alcohol or sedative medicines.
- Chronic nasal congestion during sleep. This is often caused by colds or allergies.
- Jaw abnormalities, such as a small
chin and overbite (Reference class II malocclusion Opens New Window Reference
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the bottom jaw and teeth). This may be an especially important factor in
women.
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