A prospective cohort study assessing the clinical utility of the Cottle maneuver in nasal septal surgery

Table 1 Summary of demographics and baseline outcome measures. Although scores for the change in NOSE and the percentage change in NOSE relative to baseline are presented, this data has not been controlled for the covariates included in the ANOVA model

Variable		All Patients	Positive Cottle	Negative Cottle	p-value
Patient Count	N	141	95	46	n/a
Age	Mean	41.3	40.4	43.4	0.17^a
Age	SD	13.4	12	16.3	0.17^a
Gender	% Female	28.5	23.1	41.9	0.007^b
Baseline NOSE	Mean	13.3	13.1	13.7	0.43^a
Baseline NOSE	SD	4.06	4.1	3.9	0.43^a
12 Month NOSE	Mean	4.1	4.2	4.2	0.57^a
12 Month NOSE	SD	4.6	4.6	4.5	0.57^a
Change in NOSE	Mean	9.1	8.9	9.5	0.78^a
Change in NOSE	SD	5.7	5.8	5.6	0.78^a
% Change in NOSE	Mean	67.5	66.8	68.8	0.81^a
% Change in NOSE	SD	35.8	36.9	33.5	0.81^a
Surgical Failure	n	14	9	5	0.99^b
Surgical Failure	% of Total	9.9	9.5	10.5	0.99^b

N number of patients, SD standard deviation, NOSE nasal obstruction symptom index, n/a not applicable
^atwo-sample t-test, ^b Chi-square test

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