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Nasal pH and saccharin clearance are unrelated in the physiologically normal nose
R J England1, R Anthony, J J Homer
1Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, W. Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Rhinology
|August 23, 2000
Abstract:
A group of 56 asymptomatic non-smoking men was prospectively recruited to study the relationship between nasal mucosal pH and saccharin clearance rate. No significant relationship was found between the two variables (Pearson correlation coefficient = -.105, p = 0.44). This finding suggests that in vivo mucociliary flow rates are resistant to change within the pH range of the physiologically normal nose.