Kaya S, Selimoğlu E, Cureoğlu S, Selimoğlu M A
Department of Otolaryngology,Inonu University,Malatya,Turkey.
Department of Otolaryngology,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA.
J Laryngol Otol. 2017 Oct;131(10):866-870. doi: 10.1017/S002221511700161X. Epub 2017 Aug 15.
Otitis media with effusion and obesity are both common in childhood and might share some immunological alterations. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between chronic otitis media with effusion and childhood overweight or obesity, including the potential effects of adenoid or tonsillar hypertrophy on that relationship.
This study included 60 children with chronic otitis media with effusion and 86 healthy children aged from 2 to 10 years. Measures of height and weight were used to calculate the body mass index, weight for height and weight z score.
The prevalence of overweight or obesity was higher in children with chronic otitis media with effusion, according to the weight for height percentiles (p = 0.012). However, neither the presence of adenoid or tonsillar hypertrophy nor the degree of adenoid hypertrophy was associated with overweight or obesity.
Overweight and obesity might be risk factors for developing chronic otitis media with effusion, or vice versa.
中耳积液和肥胖在儿童期均很常见，且可能存在一些免疫改变。本研究旨在探讨慢性中耳积液与儿童超重或肥胖之间的关系，包括腺样体或扁桃体肥大对该关系的潜在影响。
本研究纳入了60例2至10岁的慢性中耳积液患儿和86例健康儿童。采用身高和体重测量值计算体重指数、身高别体重和体重Z评分。
根据身高别体重百分位数，慢性中耳积液患儿中超重或肥胖的患病率更高（p = 0.012）。然而，腺样体或扁桃体肥大的存在以及腺样体肥大的程度均与超重或肥胖无关。
超重和肥胖可能是发生慢性中耳积液的危险因素，反之亦然。
