title: The Relation Between Body Mass Index and Nasal Airflow.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nasal obstruction and complaints are common attendance causes in otorhinolaryngology clinics. Obese patients are especially more vulnerable for these complaints. There is not enough data about nasal resistance and weight.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred ten patients who had no nasal complaint and nasal pathology were investigated by peak nasal inspiratory flow meter, nasal symptom evaluation scale (NOSE), and visual analog scale (VAS) calculation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the statistical analyses among the BMI groups, there is no significant difference detected. Peak nasal inspiratory flow values highly correlated with height. Height correlated with VAS and weight correlated with NOSE scores. VAS score highly correlated with NOSE score. Also, there is a negative statistically significant correlation between BMI and nasal congestion index.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All these data show that there is no relation between BMI and nasal resistance, and although the nasal congestion cycle is preserved in all BMI groups, nasal congestion index is decreased when the weight is raised.
authors.affiliation: ENT department, Prof. Dr. Celal Ertuğ Etimesgut State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Gökhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Hüseyin Baki
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Ylmaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009666:Nose / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult