Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors, Comorbidity, and Health Service Use in Australian Children

Table 2

Prevalence and cross-sectional association between ear infection and other health conditions.

Health conditions	Children aged 4 to 5 years			Children aged 10 to 11 years
	% (𝑛)	Ear infection % prevalence (𝑛)	Odds ratios and 𝑃 value	% (𝑛)	Ear infection % prevalence (𝑛)	Odds ratios and 𝑃 value
Asthma
No		7.2 (283)	OR = 1.00		2.7 (76)	OR = 1.00
Yes	20.6 (1029)	10.7 (110)	OR  =  1.55; P   <  0.001	33.2 (1381)	4.5 (62)	OR  =  1.67; P   =  0.003
Headache
No		7.8 (387)	OR = 1.00		3.1 (123)	OR = 1.00
Yes	0.6 (30)	23.3 (7)	OR  =  3.59; P   =  0.003	6.0 (248)	6.5 (16)	OR  =  2.13; P   =  0.006
Tonsillitis
No					3.0 (123)	OR = 1.00
Yes		N/A		3.0 (125)	12.8 (16)	OR  =  4.67; P   <  0.001
Vision problems
No		7.8 (377)	OR = 1.00		3.1 (108)	OR = 1.00
Yes	2.9 (146)	11.6 (17)	OR = 1.56; 𝑃 = 0.092	16.5 (687)	4.5 (31)	OR = 1.47; 𝑃 = 0.063
Other physical disabilities
No		7.7 (375)	OR = 1.00
Yes	2.3 (114)	16.7 (19)	OR  =  2.40; P   =  0.001		N/A
Other illnesses
No		7.6 (361)	OR = 1.00		3.2 (128)	OR = 1.00
Yes	5.0 (247)	13.4 (33)	OR  =  1.87; P   =  0.001	4.8 (198)	5.6 (11)	OR = 1.76; 𝑃 = 0.079
Other infections
No		7.5 (366)	OR = 1.00		3.3 (138)	OR = 1.00
Yes	2.4 (117)	23.9 (28)	OR  =  3.87; P   <  0.001	0.6 (27)	3.7 (1)	OR = 1.14; 𝑃 = 0.916