. 2021 Apr 20;6(2):e00056-21. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00056-21

TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics and sampled locations by group

Characteristic	Controls			Chronic OME patients
Characteristic	Cochlear implant recipients	Children attending day care	All	Chronic OME patients
No. of participants	12	41	53	70
Age in yrs (mean ± SD)	9.01 ± 9.74	1.58 ± 8.38	4.56 ± 7.21	4.38 ± 2.42
% Female	42	41	41	41
Sampled locations^a	AN, NP, ME	NP	AN, NP, ME	AN, NP, Ad, Ad, ME, ECa

AN, anterior nares; NP, nasopharynx; Ad, adenoids; ME, middle ear; EC, ear canal.