Inferior Turbinate Size and CPAP Titration Based Treatment Pressures: No Association Found among Patients Who Have Not Had Nasal Surgery
Table 1
Variables for the patients included in the study.
Variables
M ± SD
All patients
Age (years)
45
54.6 ± 22.4
AHI (events/hr)
44
34.7 ± 29.4
BMI (kg/m2)
45
28.5 ± 5.9
ODI (events/hr)
20
27.3 ± 32.7
LSAT (percent)
42
85.9 ± 6.2
NOSE Score (scaled 0–100)
45
28.9 ± 22.5
CPAP
All patients
45
11.6 ± 2.0 cwp
Asian
6
12.0 ± 1.4 cwp
Black
3
13.3 ± 3.5 cwp
Caucasian
29
11.6 ± 2.0 cwp
Indian
4
11.4 ± 2.1 cwp
Latino
3
9.8 ± 0.8 cwp
Nasal deviation severity
40
Grade 1 (0–25%)
24
12.0 ± 2.3 cwp
Grade 2 (26–50%)
11
11.0 ± 1.6 cwp
Grade 3 (51–75%)
3
10.8 ± 1.0 cwp
Grade 4 (76–100%)
2
11.0 ± 1.4 cwp
Inferior turbinate size: right
Grade 1 (0–25%)
8
12.9 ± 2.0 cwp
Grade 2 (26–50%)
12
11.3 ± 1.5 cwp
Grade 3 (51–75%)
16
11.1 ± 1.7 cwp
Grade 4 (76–100%)
9
11.8 ± 2.8 cwp
Inferior turbinate size: left
Grade 1 (0–25%)
10
11.9 ± 2.1 cwp
Grade 2 (26–50%)
11
11.3 ± 1.8 cwp
Grade 3 (51–75%)
17
11.1 ± 2.0 cwp
Grade 4 (76–100%)
7
12.8 ± 2.2 cwp
Mask type
Unknown
7
11.3 ± 1.7 cwp
Nasal mask
27
11.8 ± 2.3 cwp
Oronasal mask
11
11.2 ± 1.5 cwp
AHI = apnea-hypopnea index; CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure; LSAT = lowest oxygen saturation; = number of patients in the study with data available; NOSE Score = Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation Scale score; and ODI = oxygen desaturation index.
