Inferior Turbinate Size and CPAP Titration Based Treatment Pressures: No Association Found among Patients Who Have Not Had Nasal Surgery
Table 3
Therapeutic continuous positive airway pressures, body mass index, and NOSE scale scores stratified by median inferior turbinate sizes. values from statistical testing with one-way ANOVA are shown.
Variables
Median inferior turbinate size: right and left
value
Grade 1
Grade >1 to 2
Grade >2 to 3
Grade >3 to 4
All patients ()
BMI
28.1 ± 4.4
29.1 ± 6.1
27.7 ± 4.9
30.6 ± 9.7
0.8222
CPAP
12.8 ± 2.5
11.5 ± 1.6
11.3 ± 1.8
12.2 ± 2.9
0.4599
NOSE Score
33.0 ± 25.1
30.0 ± 18.1
26.0 ± 25.7
30.4 ± 20.7
0.8602
Patients w/o nasal obstruction ()
BMI
26.8 ± 3.9
28.8 ± 7.5
28.0 ± 5.2
30.3 ± 11.7
0.8744
CPAP
13.3 ± 2.7
11.6 ± 1.7
11.5 ± 1.8
12.1 ± 3.6
0.5213
NOSE Score
23.8 ± 16.5
18.9 ± 11.2
16.8 ± 12.1
19.5 ± 11.2
0.7766
Patients with nasal obstruction ()
BMI
33.0
29.7 ± 3.3
25.6 ± 1.9
31.3 ± 3.2
0.2911
CPAP
11.0
11.3 ± 1.5
10.0 ± 0.0
12.5 ± 0.7
0.4722
NOSE Score
70
49.4 ± 7.7
80.8 ± 8.0
57.5 ± 3.5
0.1125
Patients using nasal mask ()
BMI
29.1 ± 4.3
28.1 ± 5.8
27.9 ± 4.2
30.5 ± 13.5
0.9122
CPAP
12.3 ± 2.5
11.9 ± 1.5
11.4 ± 1.7
11.9 ± 4.1
0.9217
NOSE Score
31.3 ± 28.7
25.7 ± 16.3
22.7 ± 20.4
21.8 ± 11.4
0.8826
Patients using oronasal mask ()
BMI
23.9
31.1 ± 7.0
23.2 ± 5.4
26.8 ± 3.2
0.3645
CPAP
15.0
10.8 ± 1.5
10.9 ± 2.2
11.0 ± 1.4
0.2732
NOSE Score
40
37.5 ± 21.0
33.8 ± 39
55.0 ± 7.1
0.8611
BMI = body mass index in kg/m2; CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure; = number of patients; NOSE Score = Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation questionnaire [14].
