title: Relationships between vital capacity, height and nasal airway resistance in asymptomatic volunteers.
abstract: Nasal airway resistance (NAR), vital capacity and height were measured in 76 asymptomatic volunteers aged between 18 and 71, mean age 28 +/- 1.4 years. Total NAR ranged from 0.15-0.39 Pa/cm3/s, with a mean total NAR of 0.23 +/- 0.006 Pa/cm3/s. Despite a good correlation between vital capacity and height in these subjects (r = 0.76) no relationships were found between either total NAR and vital capacity or total NAR and height. Physiological NAR is not related to vital capacity or height in normal healthy individuals.
authors: Common Cold and Nasal Research Centre, Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Wales College of Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Morris
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Jawad
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Eccles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology*