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Table 3 Analysis of risk factors for bilateral OME in children

From: Bacterial aetiology of chronic otitis media with effusion in children - risk factors

Characteristics

OR (95%CI)

p value

Age (yr)

0.6 (04–1.0)

0.072

Male sex

1.2 (0.4–4.0)

0.78

Good social status

0.9 (0.3–2.7)

0.79

Rural residence

2.7 (0.8–8.9)

0.099

Parental smoking

0.9 (0.2–3.1)

0.84

Breastfeeding

0.4 (0.06–2.4)

0.30

Cesarean childbirth

0.9 (0.3–2.8)

0.83

S. pneumoniae positive

0.2 (0.02–1.4)

0.097

H. influenzae positive

8.4 (1.9–37.4)

0.005

Duration of symptoms

1.0 (0.99–1.004)

0.21

Frequent URTIa

0.4 (0.1–1.6)

0.21

Snoring

0.7 (0.2–2.4)

0.57

Allergy

1.3 (0.3–6.4)

0.78

Pneumococcal vaccination

1.4 (0.4–4.8)

0.57

  1. aUpper respiratory tract infections