Table 3.
Partitioning of breaths through the mouth and nose
| |
Sleeping |
Sitting |
Light |
Heavy |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Exercise | ||||
| Adult Male |
Normal Augmenter a |
0, 1.00 d |
0, 1.00 |
0, 1.00 |
0.52, 0.48 |
| |
Mouth-breather a |
0.29, 0.71 |
0.36, 0.64 |
0.59, 0.41 |
0.66, 0.34 |
| Gradual Augmenter b |
0.12, 0.88 |
0.13, 0.87 |
0.29, .071 |
0.54, 0.46 |
|
| Adult Female |
Normal Augmenter a |
0, 1.00 |
0, 1.00 |
0, 1.00 |
0.50, 0.50 |
| |
Mouth-breather a |
0.12, 0.88 |
0.23, 0.77 |
0.57, 0.43 |
0.65, 0.35 |
| Gradual Augmenter b |
0, 1.00 |
0, 1.00 |
0.22, 0.78 |
0.59, 0.41 |
|
| Child |
Normal Augmenter a |
0, 1.00 |
0, 1.00 |
0, 1.00 |
0.51, 0.49 |
| |
Mouth-breather a |
0.29, 0.71 |
0.36, 0.64 |
0.59, 0.41 |
0.66, 0.34 |
| Gradual Augmenter c | 0.29, 0.71 | 0.31, 0.69 | 0.51, 0.49 | 0.77, 0.23 | |
a From regression equations for oral breathing in Figure 1 of Niinimaa et al. [17]; b Data based on Table 2 and Figure 3 of Bennett et al. [20] for 22 individuals (11 M, 11 F; mean age, 22 yrs); c Data based on Table 2 and Figure 2 of Bennett et al. [19] for 12 children (9 M, 3 F; 6-10 yrs of age); d fraction inhaled through mouth, fraction inhaled through nose.