Assessing repeatability and reproducibility of Anterior Active Rhinomanometry (AAR) in children

Cilluffo, Giovanna; Zicari, Anna Maria; Ferrante, Giuliana; Malizia, Velia; Fasola, Salvatore; Duse, Marzia; De Castro, Giovanna; De Vittori, Valentina; Schiavi, Laura; Brindisi, Giulia; Petrelli, Paolo; La Grutta, Stefania

doi:10.1186/s12874-020-00969-1

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Table 4 Within-day ICCs by group for all the measured nasal resistances (R2, R 75 Pa, R 100 Pa, R 150 Pa)

From: Assessing repeatability and reproducibility of Anterior Active Rhinomanometry (AAR) in children

	Inspiratory						Expiratory						Combined Total
	R		L		TOT		R		L		TOT		Combined Total
R2	ICC	p-value	ICC	p-value	ICC	p-value	ICC	p-value	ICC	p-value	ICC	p-value	ICC	p-value
HC	0.514	0.012	0.527	0.009	0.336	0.158	0.561	0.004	0.452	0.036	0.389	0.088	0.37	0.11
NAR	0.511	0.013	0.53	0.009	0.541	0.007	0.388	0.088	0.348	0.14	0.394	0.081	0.524	0.01
PAR	0.833	< 0.001	0.845	< 0.001	0.863	< 0.001	0.846	< 0.001	0.832	< 0.001	0.866	< 0.001	0.867	< 0.001
SAR-O	0.745	< 0.001	0.954	< 0.001	0.748	< 0.001	0.881	< 0.001	0.946	< 0.001	0.885	< 0.001	0.809	< 0.001
SAR-D	0.737	< 0.001	0.787	< 0.001	0.727	< 0.001	0.69	< 0.001	0.794	< 0.001	0.677	< 0.001	0.705	< 0.001
R 75 Pa
HC	0.469	0.027	0.432	0.049	0.241	0.352	0.47	0.027	0.55	0.006	0.303	0.216	0.271	0.282
NAR	0.36	0.123	0.619	0.001	0.502	0.015	0.787	< 0.001	0.54	0.007	0.68	< 0.001	0.67	< 0.001
PAR	0.953	< 0.001	0.838	< 0.001	0.928	< 0.001	0.962	< 0.001	0.783	< 0.001	0.914	< 0.001	0.926	< 0.001
SAR-O	0.802	< 0.001	0.784	< 0.001	0.802	< 0.001	0.816	< 0.001	0.718	< 0.001	0.776	< 0.001	0.79	< 0.001
SAR-D	0.866	< 0.001	0.399	0.077	0.817	< 0.001	0.756	< 0.001	0.836	< 0.001	0.726	< 0.001	0.782	< 0.001
R 100 Pa
HC	0.469	0.028	0.52	0.011	0.264	0.298	0.472	0.026	0.529	0.009	0.314	0.196	0.292	0.239
NAR	0.274	0.276	0.659	< 0.001	0.448	0.038	0.811	< 0.001	0.608	0.001	0.731	< 0.001	0.645	< 0.001
PAR	0.79	< 0.001	0.671	< 0.001	0.939	< 0.001	0.79	< 0.001	0.843	< 0.001	0.889	< 0.001	0.937	< 0.001
SAR-O	0.420	0.05	0.186	0.493	0.811	< 0.001	0.415	0.068	0.682	< 0.001	0.409	0.068	0.64	< 0.001
SAR-D	0.336	0.158	0.195	0.469	0.858	< 0.001	0.324	0.179	0.714	< 0.001	0.431	0.049	0.766	< 0.001
R 150 Pa
HC	0.513	0.012	0.591	0.002	0.383	0.094	0.464	0.03	0.247	0.339	0.337	0.156	0.363	0.118
NAR	0.561	0.004	0.655	< 0.001	0.667	< 0.001	0.834	< 0.001	0.623	0.001	0.768	< 0.001	0.738	< 0.001
PAR	0.828	< 0.001	0.841	< 0.001	0.879	< 0.001	0.859	< 0.001	0.568	0.004	0.777	< 0.001	0.851	< 0.001
SAR-O	0.743	< 0.001	0.952	< 0.001	0.747	< 0.001	0.883	< 0.001	0.713	< 0.001	0.884	< 0.001	0.816	< 0.001
SAR-D	0.739	< 0.001	0.785	< 0.001	0.727	< 0.001	0.687	< 0.001	0.807	< 0.001	0.674	< 0.001	0.703	< 0.001

Data are presented as ICC. Significant p-values are shown in bold

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