Protracted secretory otitis media. The impact of familial factors and day-care center attendance.
This study's objective was to assess the impact of familial factors, day-care center attendance, and passive smoking on the incidence of protracted secretory otitis media (SOM). An unselected cohort of 1306 Swedish children were followed from birth to 7 years of age. Information about physician visits and insertions of tympanostomy tubes for SOM was collected at the ENT-departments in one Swedish county. The material was analyzed by life table methods and Cox's regression analysis. At the ages of 3, 5 and 7 years, 1%, 4% and 6%, respectively, of the children had been treated by tympanostomy tubes for SOM. The cumulative incidence of protracted SOM was four times higher among the children who had a sibling with the same health problem. Attendance at a day-care center of 12 or more months during the first 4 years of life increased the risk for protracted SOM by 2.6 times. No association was found between parents' smoking habits and the incidence of protracted SOM.
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Department of Pediatrics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution