Table 2. Prevalence of chronic otitis media according to the medical conditions of KNHANES participants.

		COM weighted*, % (SE)
Characteristics	Unweighted total number	No	Yes	P value
Hypertension				<.0001
No	10742	97.2 (0.2)	2.8 (0.2)
Yes	4744	93.8 (0.5)	6.2 (0.5)
Diabetes mellitus				0.0001
No	13228	96.6 (0.2)	3.4 (0.2)
Yes	1460	93.1 (0.9)	6.9 (0.9)
Pulmonary Tuberculosis				0.1219
No	14903	96.4 (0.2)	3.6 (0.2)
Yes	750	94.7 (1.1)	5.3 (1.1)
Hepatitis B				0.0004
No	15414	96.3 (0.2)	3.7 (0.2)
Yes	237	98.6 (0.6)	1.4 (0.6)
Atopic dermatitis				0.5667
No	15298	96.3 (0.2)	3.7 (0.2)
Yes	353	97.2 (1.5)	2.8 (1.5)
Allergic rhinitis				0.0019
No	12023	95.9 (0.2)	4.1 (0.2)
Yes	4033	97.1 (0.3)	2.9 (0.3)
Chronic rhinosinusitis				0.1657
No	14922	96.3 (0.2)	3.7 (0.2)
Yes	928	95.1 (0.9)	4.9 (0.9)
Septal deviation				0.2119
No	8155	96.5 (0.3)	3.5 (0.3)
Yes	7701	96.0 (0.3)	4.0 (0.3)

COM, chronic otitis media; SE, standard error; KNHANES, Korean national health and nutrition examination survey;

*weighted for the multistage sampling design of KNHANES 2010~2012