William S Bradshaw, Jennifer Nelson, Byron J Adams, John D Bell
Promoting the Multidimensional Character of Scientific Reasoning
Journal of microbiology & biology education
present study sought investigate frequencies tonsillectomy adenoidectomy adenotonsillectomy ta among 612 years old children addition tried find predictors associated previous upper respiratory tract urt surgeries crosssectional study consisted 1900 children educated 3 different elementary schools ankara turkey data demographics health conditions obtained survey questionnaires completed parents 1900 children 15 children 08 previously underwent tonsillectomy 43 children 23 adenoidectomy 80 children 42 ta surgical histories multiple logistic regression analysis revealed older students compared younger ones odds ratio 115 p 0011 parentreported apnea compared subjects without apnea likely urt surgery histories 234 p 0001 children surgery histories likely fathers higher educational level medium level 207 p 0012 high level 279 p 0001 vs low level subjects greater bmi percentiles overweight 171 p 0036 obesity 232 p 0003 vs healthy weight children 12 urt infections per year 047 p 0019 less probability urt surgery histories whereas children aom 3 times per year 252 p 0003 probability urt surgery history conclude reasonable explanation higher rates urt surgery among children high level paternal education may originate awareness urt associated diseases possibly due ease access health care services