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Title: | Childhood asthma and its relationship with tonsillar tissue | Authors: | Akçay, Ahmet Tamay, Z. Dag¨deviren, E. Guler, N. Ones, U. Kara, Cüneyt Orhan. Zencir, Mehmet. |
Keywords: | adolescent article asthma child childhood disease disease association disease duration female health survey human hypertrophy major clinical study male medical examination physical examination questionnaire risk assessment risk factor symptom tonsillitis wheezing Adolescent Age Factors Asthma Child Child, Preschool Data Collection Female Humans Hypertrophy Male Prevalence Respiratory Sounds Risk Factors Tonsillitis Turkey |
Abstract: | The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma among 4-17 years old school children and to determine the relationship between frequent tonsillitis, tonsillar hypertrophy and asthma-related symptoms. A total of 2,000 school children, aged 4-17 years, in Denizli were surveyed using the ISAAC questionnaire; the size of the tonsils was evaluated by physical examination. A total of 1,784 questionnaires were completed giving an overall response rate of 89.2%. The prevalence of lifetime wheezing, 12-month wheezing and lifetime doctor-diagnosed asthma were 16.4%, 6.2% and 1.7%, respectively. The prevalence of frequent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy were 19.9% and 3.4%, respectively. Tonsillar hypertrophy was positively correlated with a history of frequent tonsillitis. Frequent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy could be evaluated as risk factors for asthma due to their significant association with asthma-related symptoms. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/4578 | ISSN: | 0125-877X |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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