The association between early-life nutrition and palatine tonsil grading in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.

Front Nutr · 2026 · PMC13043436 · PMID 41939199

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.066so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Compared to exclusive breastfeeding during 0–6 months, formula feeding showed a possible risk for increasing palatine tonsil grading, although this did not reach statistical significance (OR = 2.409, 95% CI: 0.943–6.152, p = 0.066).

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

In this study, we found that the prevalence of palatine tonsillar hypertrophy in preschool children (2–7 years old) is 5.28%, with palatine tonsil grading showing an increasing trend across this age range.

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