Table 1.

Laryngoscopic data for treatment and no treatment groups at baseline and first follow up (only those who attended at first follow up are included at baseline). Values are numbers (percentage) of patients unless otherwise stated

	No treatment (n=72)			Treatment (n=73)
	Baseline	Follow up		Baseline	Follow up
No (%) female	50 (69)			56 (77)
Mean (SD) age (years)	52.0 (13.2)			50.6 (13.8)
Nodules:
0	59 (82)	62 (86)		64 (88)	68 (93)
1	9 (13)	8 (11)		7 (10)	3 (4)
2	3 (4)	2 (3)		2 (3)	1 (1)
3	1 (1)	0		0	1 (1)
Laryngitis:
0	46 (64)	46 (64)		42 (58)	43 (59)
1	20 (28)	19 (26)		19 (26)	22 (30)
2	6 (8)	7 (10)		12 (16)	8 (11)
3	0	0		0	0
Glottic escape:
0	58 (81)	62 (86)		54 (74)	61 (84)
1	13 (18)	9 (13)		16 (22)	10 (14)
2	1 (1)	1 (1)		3 (4)	2 (3)
3	0	0		0	0
Hyperfunction:
0	63 (88)	65 (90)		60 (82)	68 (93)
1	5 (7)	4 (6)		10 (14)	4 (5)
2	3 (4)	3 (4)		3 (4)	1 (1)
3	1 (1)	0		0	0