Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests

Oksana Wojas; Paulina Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska; Edyta Krzych-Fałta; Piotr Samel-Kowalik; Bolesław Samoliński; Antoni Grzanka

doi:10.5114/ada.2021.105361

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Original paper

Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal provocation tests

Oksana Wojas

¹

,

Paulina Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska

¹

,

Edyta Krzych-Fałta

¹

,

Piotr Samel-Kowalik

¹

,

Bolesław Samoliński

¹

,

Antoni Grzanka

¹

Department of the Environmental Hazards Prevention and Allergology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2022; XXXIX (2): 347-352

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2021.105361

Online publish date: 2021/04/18

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Wojas O, Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska P, Krzych-Fałta E, Samel-Kowalik P, Samoliński B, Grzanka A. Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2022;39(2):347-352. doi:10.5114/ada.2021.105361.

APA

Wojas, O., Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska, P., Krzych-Fałta, E., Samel-Kowalik, P., Samoliński, B.,  & Grzanka, A. (2022). Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 39(2), 347-352. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2021.105361

Chicago

Wojas, Oksana, Paulina Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska, Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Piotr Samel-Kowalik, Bolesław Samoliński,  and Antoni Grzanka. 2022. "Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests". Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii 39 (2): 347-352. doi:10.5114/ada.2021.105361.

Harvard

Wojas, O., Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska, P., Krzych-Fałta, E., Samel-Kowalik, P., Samoliński, B.,  and Grzanka, A. (2022). Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 39(2), pp.347-352. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2021.105361

MLA

Wojas, Oksana et al. "Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests." Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, vol. 39, no. 2, 2022, pp. 347-352. doi:10.5114/ada.2021.105361.

Vancouver

Wojas O, Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska P, Krzych-Fałta E, Samel-Kowalik P, Samoliński B, Grzanka A. Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity
assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population
as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal
provocation tests. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2022;39(2):347-352. doi:10.5114/ada.2021.105361.

Introduction
A specific difficulty in the standardization of nasal allergen challenge tests as measured by acoustic rhinometry is the lack of reference values measured according to dependent changes, for example height and weight/height- or weight-dependent changes. Human growth and development rates and other changes the human body undergoes throughout the lifetime depend closely on the environment, sex, and race. Aim: To assess selected anthropometric (body weight and height) and rhinometric (nasal cross-sectional areas) measurements concerning subject age and sex.

Material and methods
The study was conducted in 633 subjects selected in multistage, 324. Body weight and height were measured with a sliding weight scale and height measure. Nasal cavity cross-sectional areas were measured via acoustic rhinometry.

Results
We observed parallel increases in the evaluated anthropometric measurements and nasal cavity cross-sectional areas both in males and females aged ≤ 14 years, with the two sexes starting to differ significantly in terms of those measurements over the age of 14 (p < 0.0001; p < 0.000001). The evaluated rhinometric measurements showed a greater correlation with height than with body weight. The time of the most diversified and dynamic changes in anthropomorphic measurements was the age of > 12 years: with boys demonstrating significantly higher mean values of height and body weight than girls.

Conclusions
Height showed a better correlation with rhinometric measurements (cross-sectional area of the nasal cavity) in younger subjects (at their age of development) than in older ones.

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Changes in the cross-sections of the nasal cavity assessed by acoustic rhinometry in the study population as a guideline for attempts to standardize nasal provocation tests

Oksana Wojas 1 , Paulina Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska 1 , Edyta Krzych-Fałta 1 , Piotr Samel-Kowalik 1 , Bolesław Samoliński 1 , Antoni Grzanka 1

diagnostic techniques, respiratory system, nasal cavity, acoustic rhinometry, demography

Oksana Wojas

¹

,

Paulina Szczęsnowicz-Dąbrowska

¹

,

Edyta Krzych-Fałta

¹

,

Piotr Samel-Kowalik

¹

,

Bolesław Samoliński

¹

,

Antoni Grzanka

¹