Table 1.

Patient demographics for the bilateral myringotomy and tube insertions cohort*

Variable	Overall cohort*	Pre-pandemic†	During pandemic‡
Age (mean ± SD; years)	4.8 ± 3.0	4.7 ± 3.0	5.2 ± 3.4
Sex (n (%))
– Females	2032 (39.3)	1840 (39.1)	192 (40.5)
– Males	3143 (60.7)	2861 (60.9)	282 (59.5)

*n = 5175; ^†n = 4701; ^‡n = 474. SD = standard deviation