Effect of a dairy diet on nasopharyngeal mucus secretion
| Autor: | David Wellsted, Adam Frosh, Joanna Stephens, Carina Cruz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Outcome measures Mucus Gastroenterology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Otorhinolaryngology Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine medicine Dietary supplementation 030212 general & internal medicine Dairy free diet 030223 otorhinolaryngology business Nasopharyngeal mucus |
| Zdroj: | The Laryngoscope. 129:13-17 |
| ISSN: | 0023-852X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To examine the effects of dairy versus nondairy diets on self-reported levels of nasopharyngeal mucus secretion. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blinded controlled study. METHODS Twenty-six men and 82 consecutive women over the age of 15 years attending the otolaryngology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust who reported experiencing increased levels of nasopharyngeal mucus secretions were selected for a double-blinded trial of dairy versus dairy-free dietary supplementation for the last 4 days of a 6-day dairy-free diet. Main outcome measures were comparisons of mean daily reporting of subjective levels of nasopharyngeal secretions by linear scoring (1-100) and by an ordinal scale of 1 to 4. On each day, t tests were used to compare differences. RESULTS There was a significant reduction in the reported linear secretion score seen from day 1 to 4 in nondairy (t[53] = 4.39, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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