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cord-335148-2ngwjp3r	Noda, Tatsuya	Gargling for Oral Hygiene and the Development of Fever in Childhood: A Population Study in Japan	2012-01-05		.txt	text/plain	2865	167	53	In subgroup analysis, significantly lower ORs for fever onset were observed for children who gargled with green tea (OR = 0.32), functional water (OR = 0.46), or tap water (OR = 0.70). 2, 3 Although the effectiveness of gargling had long been unproven, a recent randomized controlled study in Japan showed that gargling with tap water inhibited the onset of upper respiratory tract infections among adults. As shown in Table 3 , gargling was associated with significantly lower odds ratios for fever onset, except among children aged 3 (in model 4) and 6 years. To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess the effectiveness of gargling in preventing febrile diseases and sickness absences among healthy children. The preventive effect of gargling is affected by the prevalence of the target disease; however, there was no mass outbreak of influenza or other major febrile infection in Fukuoka City during the study period, according to the Fukuoka City health authorities.	./cache/cord-335148-2ngwjp3r.txt	./txt/cord-335148-2ngwjp3r.txt