Yong-Bi Fu, Mo-Hua Yang, Fangqin Zeng, Bill Biligetu
Searching for an Accurate Marker-Based Prediction of an Individual Quantitative Trait in Molecular Plant Breeding
Frontiers in plant science
introduction morphological variants nasal septum implicated sinus pathology pose challenge endoscopic surgeries objective present study aimed evaluating prevalence nasal septum variants adult nigerians methods present study performed radiology department delta state university teaching hospital nigeria following ethical approval brain computed tomography ct scan images 336 adults evaluated nasal septum variants angle deviated nasal septum measured severity classified data analyzed using ibm spss statistics windows version 230 ibm corp armonk ny usa angle deviation presented means standard deviation frequencies variants presented percentages student test used compare angle deviation chisquared test used compare frequencies different groups pvalue 005 considered statistically significant results prevalence straight deviated nasal septum 595 405 respectively deviation predominant females 46 frequently moderate severity 75 angle deviation significantly larger males 1255 299 females 1113 241 p 0003 nasal spur prevalence 119 coexistence deviated nasal septum observed 506 septal pneumatization seen 10 patients 3 conclusion deviation nasal septum occurred females toward left however angle deviation significantly higher males nasal septal spur pneumatization least prevalent variants