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==Overview==
The most potent risk factor for otitis media is age, specifically being younger than 5 years old. Other common risk factors include exposure to smoke and air pollution, [[malnutrition]], lack of breastfeeding, enrollment in daycare, [[allergies]] or recurrent [[upper respiratory infections]], living in cold climates or climates subject to sudden changes, being a male younger than 20 months old, and being of Caucasian, Greenlandic, Southeast Asian, or Sub-Saharan West African descent.

==Risk Factors==
*Being a child under 5 years old.<ref name="pmid22558393">{{cite journal |vauthors=Monasta L, Ronfani L, Marchetti F, Montico M, Vecchi Brumatti L, Bavcar A, Grasso D, Barbiero C, Tamburlini G |title=Burden of disease caused by otitis media: systematic review and global estimates |journal=PLoS ONE |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=e36226 |year=2012 |pmid=22558393 |pmc=3340347 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0036226 |url=}}</ref>
*Smoking, or exposure to secondhand smoke.
*Exposure to air pollution
*Suffering from [[malnutrition]]
*Being born in the winter or spring.<ref name="pmid21886448">{{cite journal |vauthors=Macintyre EA, Karr CJ, Koehoorn M, Demers P, Tamburic L, Lencar C, Brauer M |title=Otitis media incidence and risk factors in a population-based birth cohort |journal=Paediatr Child Health |volume=15 |issue=7 |pages=437–42 |year=2010 |pmid=21886448 |pmc=2948776 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Exclusively applies to first 12 months of life.
*Not being [[Breastfeeding|breastfed]]
*Being a child in daycare.<ref name="urlEar infection - acute: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia">{{cite web |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000638.htm |title=Ear infection - acute: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
*Family history of ear infections.
*Living in cold climates or experiencing sudden changes in climate.
*Being Caucasian, Southeast Asian, Greenlandic or Sub-Saharan West African.<ref name="LowyZhang2014">{{cite journal|last1=Lowy|first1=Franklin D.|last2=Zhang|first2=Yan|last3=Xu|first3=Min|last4=Zhang|first4=Jin|last5=Zeng|first5=Lingxia|last6=Wang|first6=Yanfei|last7=Zheng|first7=Qing Yin|title=Risk Factors for Chronic and Recurrent Otitis Media–A Meta-Analysis|journal=PLoS ONE|volume=9|issue=1|year=2014|pages=e86397|issn=1932-6203|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0086397}}</ref>
*Being a male below 20 months old.
*Being [[immunocompromised]].
*Recurrent [[upper respiratory infections]] for chronic [[suppurative]] otitis media.<ref name="pmid19454051">{{cite journal |vauthors=Acuin J |title=Chronic suppurative otitis media |journal=BMJ Clin Evid |volume=2007 |issue= |pages= |year=2007 |pmid=19454051 |pmc=2943814 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Experiencing [[allergies]].

==References==
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