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. 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 3.

Spearman correlation coefficients (r) and p values for the correlation of subjective nasal patency scores with unilateral CFD variables measured in the most obstructed side. Note that the correlation coefficients increased after correcting for the nasal cycle (NC) using Method 2.

CORRELATIONS
(most obstructed side)		 BEFORE NC CORRECTION AFTER NC CORRECTION
r p value r p value
NOSE
  FLOWRATE, ml/s −0.41 0.048* −0.61 0.002*
  HEAT FLUX, W/m2 −0.31 0.144 −0.51 0.011*
  SAHF50, cm2 −0.29 0.173 −0.43 0.034*
  NASAL RESISTANCE, Pa.s/ml 0.32 0.128 0.55 0.005*
VAS
  FLOWRATE, ml/s 0.40 0.052 0.56 0.004*
  HEAT FLUX, W/m2 0.34 0.102 0.51 0.011*
  SAHF50, cm2 0.22 0.303 0.38 0.068
  NASAL RESISTANCE, Pa.s/ml −0.36 0.087 −0.58 0.003*

Abbreviations: NOSE = Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation; VAS = visual analog scale; SAHF50 = surface area stimulated by mucosal cooling, defined as the mucosa surface area where heat fluxes exceed 50 W/m2.

*

= statistically significant (p < 0.05).