Table 5. Comparison of postoperative (36 months after surgery) total GBI scores between the groups above below criterion A (median MCA1 value), criterion B (median MCA2 value) and criterion C (median value of the NOSE score).

	Criterion A			Criterion B			Criterion C
	Above ( N  = 22)	Below ( N  = 18)		Above ( N  = 22)	Below ( N  = 18)		Above ( N  = 17)	Below ( N  = 23)
Variable	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p *	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p *	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p *
GBI postop36	20.64 (10.03)	20.33 (8.54)	0.934	21.78 (9.28)	19.45 (9.44)	0.528	23.56 (9.16)	18.24 (9.23)	0.151

Abbreviations: GBI, Glasgow Benefit Inventory; MCA1, minimal cross-sectional area at the first 2 cm of the nasal cavity; MCA2, minimal cross-sectional area between 2–5 cm into the nasal cavity; NOSE, Nasal Obstruction Septoplasty Effectiveness Questionnaire; postop36, 36 months postoperatively; SD, standard deviation.

Note: ^a Mann-Whitney U test.