title: Bifid uvula and otitis media in Apache Indians.
abstract: The association of bifid uvula with otitis media and scarred tympanic membrane was studied in White Mountain Apache Indians at Canyon Day, Arizona. Of 349 persons seen during a survey for otitis media, 13.5 percent had clinical otitis media, and 64.2 percent had scarring of the tympanic membrane of the otoscopically worse ear; 20.3 percent had bifid uvula. Bifid uvula was not associated with clinical otitis media or scarred tympanic membrane.
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D014609:Uvula / Q000002:abnormalities*