Meanings
adjectiveadenotonsillar (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the adenoids and tonsils, especially to adenoiditis and tonsillitis
Although adenotonsillar hypertrophy has, historically, been the predominant OSA risk factor in children, recent data show that BMI represents a new, important risk factor, with OSA risk increased by a factor of 3.5 for each standard deviation increase in BMI z-score [ 56 ].
2015 July 14, Leon M. Straker et al., “Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI
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