Relationship between chronic otitis media with effusion and overweight or obesity in children

Kaya, Serdar; Selimoğlu, Erol; Cüreoğlu, Sebahattin; Selimoğlu, Mukadder Ayşe

doi:10.1017/s002221511700161x

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“…6 Also in relation to OME, another study in this month's issue investigated the relationship between OME and childhood obesity. 7 The authors found a higher prevalence of obesity in the chronic OME group, highlighting a possible association that warrants further investigation. Recent guidelines recommend a 'watch and wait' policy for neck management in patients with early lip carcinoma in the absence of clinically suspicious cervical lymph nodes.…”

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“…A randomised controlled trial assessing the use of oral steroids in OME (the Oral Steroids for the Resolution of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children (‘OSTRICH’) study) is ongoing and the results are eagerly awaited 6 . Also in relation to OME, another study in this month's issue investigated the relationship between OME and childhood obesity 7 . The authors found a higher prevalence of obesity in the chronic OME group, highlighting a possible association that warrants further investigation.…”

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The nasal cycle 122 years on – are we any wiser?

Fishman¹,

Youngs²,

Fisher³

et al. 2017

J. Laryngol. Otol.

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The nasal cycle 122 years on – are we any wiser?

Fishman¹,

Youngs²,

Fisher³

et al. 2017

J. Laryngol. Otol.

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“…An association between obesity [28][29][30], a high-fat diet (HFD), and OME has been reported [31]. Obese children are more likely to experience OM than normal-weight children, and they have increased chances of recurrent OM.…”

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“…Choi et al [29] suggest that a HFD has a close connection with OME, instead of obesity mediating a HFD and OME. Kaya et al [30] state that the prevalence of overweight or obesity is higher in children with chronic OME compared to healthy controls. However, current evidence cannot determine whether overweight or obesity is a risk factor for developing chronic OME, or the opposite is the case.…”

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Factors influencing the development of otitis media with effusion in children

Pazdro-Zastawny¹,

Zatoński²,

Orendorz-Frączkowska³

et al. 2019

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Otitis media with effusion (OME) is one of the most frequent childhood diseases and the most common cause of hearing loss in childhood. Eighty per cent of all children have an episode of OME by the age of 10 years, typically by the age of three years. The disease is characterised by an accumulation of fluid in the middle ear behind an intact tympanic membrane in the absence of signs and symptoms of acute infection. This causes progressive conductive hearing loss, which is the main symptom of the disease. When left untreated, OME may lead to the development of adhesive otitis media, tympanic membrane abnormalities, tympanic sclerosis, cholesterol granuloma, or acquired primary cholesteatoma. The aetiology of OME is multifactorial. Allergy is considered an important aetiological mechanism of OME. An association between allergy, proinflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokines, obesity, a high-fat diet, and OME is discussed in this paper.

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“…17 Previous studies trying to explore the association between childhood obesity and OM suffered from various methodological drawbacks, such as inaccurate definitions of "overweight" and "obesity," 18 body mass index (BMI) data recorded before the onset of OM episodes, but not afterwards, 19 reliance on parents' memory on the frequency of OM episodes, incomplete reports on BMI data, even without actual body/height measurements 11,20 and inconsistent definitions of OM. 21 Thus, conclusions from these studies are both conflicting and questionable.…”

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Are Children Scheduled for Ventilation Tubes Insertion Overweight? A Cohort of Israeli Children

Klein¹,

Kraus²,

Luria³

et al. 2020

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol

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Objective: To study the hypothesis that children scheduled for ventilation tube insertion (VTI), a surrogate procedure reflecting otitis media (OM) presence, are overweight or obese. Patients and Methods: Charts of Israeli children aged 0 to 9 years undergoing VTI with or without adenoidectomy between 9/1/17 and 3/31/19 in a secondary level hospital were retrospectively identified. We compared their mean body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) to the mean BMI of a control group comprised of children who underwent surgeries unrelated to OM (fracture fixation/reduction, inguinal/umbilical hernia repair, meatotomy, appendectomy). BMI measurements were plotted on gender- and age-matched curves to determine BMI percentile, and were also compared to the national pediatric overweight/obesity data. Normal weight was defined as BMI percentile <85%, overweight was BMI percentile between 85% and 97%, and obesity was BMI percentile >97%. Results: The VTI group included 83 children (mean age: 3.5 ± 1.8 years). The control group included 77 children (mean age: 6.3 ± 1.9 years). No statistically significant difference was found in the mean BMI values between both groups ( P = .22). When compared to age- and gender-adjusted 50th BMI percentile of the general pediatric population, the mean BMI of the VTI group was significantly higher: for boys, 16.9 versus 15.2 ( P < .01), and for girls, 16.6 versus 15.3 ( P = .03), but not in the control group: P = .16 (boys) and P = .11 (girls). Conclusion: Children undergoing VTI were overweight when compared to their age- and gender-matched peers. This observation was more noticeable in boys.

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Relationship between chronic otitis media with effusion and overweight or obesity in children

Abstract: Overweight and obesity might be risk factors for developing chronic otitis media with effusion, or vice versa.

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The nasal cycle 122 years on – are we any wiser?

The nasal cycle 122 years on – are we any wiser?

Factors influencing the development of otitis media with effusion in children

Are Children Scheduled for Ventilation Tubes Insertion Overweight? A Cohort of Israeli Children

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