Table 1. Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics of the sample.
SD: standard deviation
| Demographics | |
| Age at surgery (years), N (%) | |
| 15–20 | 61 (33.3) |
| 21–25 | 47 (25.7) |
| 26–30 | 31 (16.9) |
| 31–35 | 20 (10.9) |
| 36–39 | 10 (5.5) |
| ≥40 | 14 (7.7) |
| Gender, N (%) | |
| Male | 27 (14.8) |
| Female | 156 (85.2) |
| Education level, N (%) | |
| Lower | 46 (25.1) |
| higher | 137 (74.9) |
| Governorates, N (%) | |
| North Lebanon | 9 (4.9) |
| Mount Lebanon | 127 (69.4) |
| Beirut | 36 (19.7) |
| Bekaa | 6 (3.3) |
| South Lebanon | 1 (0.5) |
| Nabatiye | 4 (2.2) |
| Social class, N (%) | |
| Lower class (less than 1 million) | 32 (17.5%) |
| Middle class (between 1 and 3 million) | 77 (42.1%) |
| High class (more than 3 million) | 74 (40.4%) |
| Lifestyle characteristics | |
| Number of cigarettes per day, N (%) | |
| None | 123 (67.2) |
| Less than 5 cigarettes | 33 (18.0) |
| Between 5 and 20 cigarettes | 22 (12.0) |
| More than 20 cigarettes | 5 (2.7) |
| Alcohol consumption, N (%) | |
| None | 85 (46.4) |
| Daily alcohol consumption | 2 (1.1) |
| 1–2 times/week alcohol consumption | 28 (15.3) |
| 1–3 times/month alcohol consumption | 38 (20.8) |
| <1 time/month alcohol consumption | 24 (13.1) |
| 3–6 times/week alcohol consumption | 6 (3.3) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Respiratory symptoms before rhinoplasty, N (%) | |
| No respiratory symptoms | 95 (51.9) |
| One symptom | 34 (18.6) |
| Two or more symptoms | 54 (29.5) |