Otitis Media Risk Factors
- Boys > girls
- Genetic predisposition (especially Eskimos and American Indians)
- Craniofacial abnormalities
- Familial predisposition
- More common in lower socioeconomic groups
- Day care
- Winter months
- Upper respiratory illness (URI)
- Allergies and asthma
- Passive smoking
- Bottle fed infants versus breast fed
- Horizontal bottle feeding position
- Pacifiers
