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Despite the amount of evidence suggesting SH is associated with psychopathological symptoms and sleep problems in general population, poor is known about the emotional and behavioral features associated with SH in children with DS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The first aim of the current study was to investigate differences in emotional and behavioral profiles between a group of children with DS exhibiting co-occurring SH and a group of age and BMI-matched children with DS without co-occurring SH. The second aim of the present study was to investigate differences in sleep disturbances between these groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We included in this retrospective study 98 participants with DS aged 3\u201318\u2009years with the aim to explore differences in emotional\/behavioral problems as well as in sleep difficulties between children with DS with or without co-occurring SH.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants with co-occurring SH exhibited significantly higher scores at several scales of the Conners\u2019 Parent Rating Scales Long Version \u2013 Revised. 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