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Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
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(6): 795-796, 2010.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-386017
RESUMO
Personal health records were collected and analyzed for 1804 residents at Dongfeng town,Zhongshan city, Guangdong. One hundred and forty-one of 1804 residents suffered from chronic pharyngitis with a prevalence of 7.8 percent, 11.9 percent in males and 6. 6 percent in females with statistically significant difference (x2 = 12. 076, P < 0. 05 ). Age, body mass index, physical exercise, eating habit,dental caries, oral illness (gingivitis, periondontitis, ondontolith), ear-nose-throat diseases, allergic constitution all were associated with their chronic pharyngitis, which was more prevalent in those of males,with ear-nose-throat diseases, lack of physical exercise, aged less than 24 years and over-intake of sugar.