caa a22 4500 44529745X CHVBK 20180317142546.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12070-010-0015-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12070-010-0015-7 The effects of allergic rhinitis on growth, development and body mass indexes in school children [Elektronische Daten] [Mustafa Paksoy, Mehmet Eken, Sedat Aydın, Z. Alev Oktay, Ümit Hardal, Arif Şanlı, Neslihan Zeren] Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of allergic rhinitis (AR) in children and investigate if allergenic rhinitis demonstrated any effects on developmental growth levels and body mass indexes (BMI) in children. Materials and methods: 651 students, between 3-15 years of age who were randomly selected from four elementary schools located at Kartal, Istanbul were assessed according to symptoms and the presence of AR by nasal examination with the aid of a 0 degree 2.7 mm hand rigid endoscope. Height and weight percentile values of students regarding growth according to age and their BMI were calculated and statically assessed. Results obtained are presented. Results: Findings obtained from a questionnaire and clinical examination does not allow us to perform a definite differentiation regarding in school children at age 3-5. The prevalence of AR in girls is higher. However, there are no any significant differences regarding BMIs in children with or without AR (p < 0,142). But there are statistically significant differences regarding height and weight percentiles in children with and without AR. Accordingly, there was a tendency in children diagnosed with AR to display low values related with height and weight percentiles. In Pearson chi-square testing, p values of percentile values related with weight (p < 0,032) and p values of percentiles related with height (p < 0,001) were determined. Conclusion: AR prevalence was higher in girls independently from BMI values. We determined a strong relationship between BMI values and AR dependant to age and gender. Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2010 Allergic rhinitis nationallicence Body mass index nationallicence Growth parameters nationallicence Paksoy Mustafa Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Eken Mehmet Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Aydın Sedat Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Alev Oktay Z. Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Hardal Ümit Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Şanlı Arif Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Zeren Neslihan Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/1(2010-01-01), 64-68 0019-5421 62:1<64 2010 62 12070 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0015-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0015-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paksoy Mustafa Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eken Mehmet Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aydın Sedat Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alev Oktay Z. Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hardal Ümit Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Şanlı Arif Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zeren Neslihan Department of Second ENT, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/1(2010-01-01), 64-68 0019-5421 62:1<64 2010 62 12070 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer