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. 2019 Dec 25;2019:5903621. doi: 10.1155/2019/5903621

Table 2.

Maximum phonation time (MPT), in seconds, and the S/Z ratio, in people with obesity not submitted to surgical treatment for obesity (group A, n = 52), people with obesity submitted to surgical treatment (group B, n = 62), and healthy controls (group C, n = 20).

/A/ /I/ /U/ S/Z
Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median Mean (SD) Median
Controls
Men 16.1 (5.3) 17.1 18.0 (2.6) 18.3 19.0 (2.4) 19.3 0.9 (0.1) 1.0
Women 15.7 (5.1) 14.7 18.0 (5.5) 17.3 17.7 (4.3) 17.0 0.9 (0.2) 0.9
Total 15.7 (5.0) 15.1 18.0 (4.9) 17.3 18.0 (3.6) 18.4 0.9 (0.2) 0.9
Group A
Men 11.9 (5.3) 12.0 12.4 (5.8) 12.5 12.2 (5.5) 11.2 0.9 (0.2) 1.1
Women 10.3 (3.6) 10.0 11.4 (4.5) 10.5 11.9 (4.7) 11.5 1.0 (0.3) 0.9
Total 10.9 (4.1) 10.8 11.8 (4.9) 11.6 12.0 (5.1) 11.6 1.0 (0.3) 1.0
Group B
Men 14.0 (6.3) 13.5 14.5 (5.4) 13.7 15.7 (6.0) 15.7 0.9 (0.1) 0.9
Women 11.8 (4.5) 11.6 13.0 (5.8) 12.3 13.2 (5.9) 13.3 0.9 (0.3) 1.0
Total 11.9 (4.8) 11.7 13.0 (5.9) 12.4 13.5 (6.0) 13.7 1.0 (0.2) 1.0

p < 0.05 compared with groups A and B.