Table 3.
Descriptive statistics (mean ± standard deviation), confidence interval, and paired t-test comparing upper airway volumes before (T1) and after (T2) in both groups.
| Volumes | Mean ± SD(ΔT1-T0) | CI 95% Lower Limit-Upper Limit |
p Value | % Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCavV T1-T0 (RME) | 306 ± 614 | 160.6-629.1 | 0.020 * | 30.1 |
| NCavV T1-T0 (SME) | 430 ± 331 | 283.4-577.2 | < 0.01 * | 33.9 |
| NsPxV T1-T0 (RME) | 1684± 810 | 1537.9-1976.7 | < 0.01 * | 42.4 |
| NsPxV T1-T0 (SME) | 1743 ± 680 | 1441.2-2044.3 | < 0.01 * | 47.6 |
| R- MSV T1-T0 (RME) | 768 ± 1181 | 260.9-1301.6 | 0.005 * | 9.1 |
| R- MSV T1-T0 (SME) | 553 ± 932 | 156.5-973.4 | 0.011 * | 6.4 |
| L- MSV T1-T0 (RME) | 825 ± 1145 | 422.9-1366.0 | 0.002 * | 9.9 |
| L- MSV T1-T0 (SME) | 564 ± 1110 | 72.0-1056.5 | 0.027 * | 6.6 |
* p value < 0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance.