Table 3—

Individual values of nasal resistance(NR), apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) scores of patients in the surgery group at baseline and after surgery

Patient	Baseline			After surgery
Patient	NR cmH₂O·L⁻¹·s	AHI events·h⁻¹	ESS	NR cmH₂O·L⁻¹·s	AHI events·h⁻¹	ESS
1	5.3	51.7	19	2.1	8.3	17
2	3.7	10.6	12	2.3	2.3	7
3	3.9	13.2	11	2.1	17.9	9
4	4.2	65.7	18	2.6	79.8	16
5	3.7	42.0	13	1.1	26.7	10
6	5.0	21.8	19	2.2	10.9	15
7	3.8	47.6	15	2.2	29.9	10
8	3.6	48.8	14	2.1	26.7	11
9	5.1	39.9	14	2.5	10.7	8
10	4.0	22.3	16	2.6	29.9	16
11	5.9	44.1	14	2.7	58.7	14
12	6.3	40.2	15	1.9	55.1	14
13	6.9	21.6	10	2.4	34.8	9
14	6.2	6.4	8	2.7	19.9	5
15	5.1	7.3	9	1.9	16.8	10
16	4.1	14.5	10	1.9	14.4	7
17	3.5	11.5	13	1.9	26.8	12
18	4.8	19.6	14	2.3	28.8	13
19	3.7	23.5	16	2.5	31.3	16
20	4.2	36.7	15	2.7	48.8	16
21	3.7	41.1	14	2.0	49.9	12
22	4.3	23.4	15	2.3	33.2	14
23	3.5	37.8	14	2.0	27.2	13
24	3.4	54.5	13	2.1	56.4	15
25	4.40	31.00	11	3.30	30.70	11
26	5.00	56.20	11	3.60	52.30	9
27	5.50	18.10	9	3.70	22.20	7

Patients 1, 2, 6 and 9 fulfilled the criteria for treatment success (responders).