Table 2

The influence of sinus volume, sinus nitric oxide (NO) concentration and flow rate on resulting NO output induced by an artificial pulsating airflow in a model of the nose and sinus with artficial humming

NO output nL·min−1
Sinus volume mL
 579±1.0
 10159±4.5*
 15295±3.4*
 20427±3.7*
NO concentration ppm
 276±1.5
 4162±2.8*
 8295±3.4*
 10434±6.1*
Flow L·s−1
 0.20295±3.4
 0.25369±5.8*
 0.30411±7.6*

  • *: p<0.05