Among children who had sleep terrors during early childhood, a substantial proportion (41.7%) continued to experience them from age 5 years onward. In contrast, only 16.5% of children without early sleep terrors started experiencing them at age 5 or older. The odds ratio for this difference was 3.61, highlighting a significant disparity.



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Children who experienced sleep terrors during early childhood were more likely to develop somnambulism later on, compared to children who did not experience early childhood sleep terrors. Specifically, 34.4% of children with early childhood sleep terrors developed somnambulism, while only 21.7% of children without early sleep terrors did. The odds ratio (OR) for this association was 1.89, indicating an increased likelihood.

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