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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1993;36(5): 841-847.
Risk factor study of chronic otitis media in Korea : Results of a nation-wide survey.
Chong Sun Kim, Ha Won Jung, Il Tae Kang, Keun Young Yoo
한국인의 만성 중이염의 위험인자에 관한 연구 : 전국적인 조사의 결과
김종선1 · 정하원1 · 강일태1 · 유근영2
서울대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;예방의학교실2;
ABSTRACT

A nation-wide survey on the prevalence and risk factors of chronic otitis media (COM) in Korea was conducted by means of physical examination by otolaryngologists from July to October, 1991. The total number of subjects examined was 9,321 drawn from 2,899 households residing in 60 different areas throughout the country. The overall prevalence rate of COM was 2.19%. For the study of risk factors of COM, a case-control analysis was made. The prevalence of COM varied neither by sex, nor by urban-rural difference. However, the risk increased with aging. There was a significant geographic variation by provinces. General risk factors such as crowding, economic activity, childhood home, marital status, maternal or paternal age, body weight, smoking habits, age of first otorrhea, preauricular fistula, canal atresia and cleft anomaly imply an increased risk of COM. Other factors such as residency, education, social class, height, history of breast feeding, microtia, nasal septal deviation, nasal polyposis and nasal allergic symptoms showed little influence on COM.

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