Validity of Parental Reporting of Recent Episodes of Acute Otitis Media: A Slone Center Office-based Research (SCOR) Network Study

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Figure 1.
Agreement between parental report and medical records for young children’s acute otitis media history over the previous month

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Children Whose Medical Records Were Reviewed

Characteristic	Number (%)
Age in months [median (range)]	17.1 (6.3–32.6)
Sex
Male	61 (50.8)
Female	59 (49.2)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	107 (89.2)
Hispanic	13 (10.8)
Race
White	98 (81.7)
Mixed Race	7 (5.8)
Black	4 (3.3)
American Indian/Alaskan Native	2 (1.7)
Unknown	9 (7.5)
State
Kansas	17 (14.2)
Texas	14 (11.7)
Massachusetts	12 (10.0)
New Hampshire	11 (9.2)
Pennsylvania	11 (9.2)
Indiana	9 (7.5)
Kentucky	9 (7.5)
Oregon	8 (6.7)
South Carolina	7 (5.8)
New York	6 (5.0)
Illinois	5 (4.2)
Oklahoma	3 (2.5)
Georgia	2 (1.7)
North Carolina	2 (1.7)
Alabama	1 (0.8)
Nebraska	1 (0.8)
Tennessee	1 (0.8)
West Virginia	1 (0.8)