Table 1.

Main characteristics of the cases

	GROUPS		P value
	Study Group	Control Group
	(n:115)	(n:127)
Gender Girl; n (%)	45 (39.1)	57 (44.9)	0.36
Age (years)	5.6 ± 2.4	6.1 ± 2.7	0.13
Weight (kg)	21.3 ± 8.0	21.8 ± 8.7	0.72
Height (cm)	113.8 ± 16.2	112.8 ± 19.3	0.74
Annual tonsillopharyngitis frequency	15.3 ± 4.7	2.5 ± 0.9	<0.01

Study group consisted of the cases having frequent tonsillopharyngitis and control group consisted of healthy cases.