. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 Jan 9;238:23–32. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.01.004

Table 2.

Average unilateral CFD variables measured in the most obstructed side pre- and post-surgery. CFD variables are shown before and after correcting for the nasal cycle (NC) using Method 2.

CFD VARIABLE (most obstructed side)	BEFORE NC CORRECTION			AFTER NC CORRECTION
CFD VARIABLE (most obstructed side)	PRE	POST	p value	PRE	POST	p value
NASAL RESISTANCE (Pa.s/ml)	0.26 ± 0.21	0.13 ± 0.04	0.016^*	0.28 ± 0.21	0.11 ± 0.03	0.001^*
FLOWRATE (ml/s)	84 ± 41	121 ± 27	0.027^*	81 ± 42	141 ± 34	<0.001^*
HEAT FLUX (W/m²)	127 ± 54	174 ± 39	0.027^*	124 ± 56	191 ± 47	0.001^*
SAHF50 (cm²)	33 ± 15	41 ± 7	0.077	32 ± 16	43 ± 8	0.027^*

= statistically significant (p < 0.05) using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.