Eva Millqvist1, Mats Bende. 1. Asthma and Allergy Research Group, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This is an explorative study of growth-related nasal geometry in healthy children. METHODS: A total of 88 girls and boys between the ages of 4 and 16 years were followed over a period of 2 years by acoustic rhinometry. The registrations were correlated to height at each occasion. RESULTS: Although both the minimal cross-sectional area and the nasal volume increased in all age groups over 7 years, large individual variations in nasal geometry led to a weak relationship with growth. CONCLUSION: In the undecongested nasal cavity in children, correlation of nasal geometry makes sense for height but not for age.
BACKGROUND: This is an explorative study of growth-related nasal geometry in healthy children. METHODS: A total of 88 girls and boys between the ages of 4 and 16 years were followed over a period of 2 years by acoustic rhinometry. The registrations were correlated to height at each occasion. RESULTS: Although both the minimal cross-sectional area and the nasal volume increased in all age groups over 7 years, large individual variations in nasal geometry led to a weak relationship with growth. CONCLUSION: In the undecongested nasal cavity in children, correlation of nasal geometry makes sense for height but not for age.
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