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Children who had experienced sleepwalking were more than twice as likely to have parents who also experienced sleepwalking compared to children who had never sleepwalked, spanning the ages from 2 and a half to 13 years.

Similarly, the occurrence of sleepwalking in children was twice as high when either their mother or father had a history of sleepwalking.

Association Between Sleepwalking in Children and Parental History of Sleepwalking

Reference of Association Between Sleepwalking in Children and Parental History of Sleepwalking

In terms of prevalence, 22.5% of children without a parental history of sleepwalking developed sleepwalking, whereas 47.4% of children with one sleepwalking parent and 61.5% of children with both parents who were sleepwalkers developed sleepwalking.

Prevalence of Association Between Sleepwalking in Children and Parental History of Sleepwalking

Some claimed that there could be some relationship between parental history of sleepwalking and the age at which sleepwalking began in children. Surprisingly, there was no significant difference in the age of onset between children whose parents had no history of sleepwalking and those with parents who did.

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