Mennella J A, Beauchamp G K
Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Acta Otolaryngol. 1992 Nov;112(6):1025-31. doi: 10.3109/00016489209137505.
Airflow through each nasal passage was measured every 10 min throughout a 5-h period in 48 subjects whose ages ranged from 3 to 17 years. The data were subjected to statistical techniques that characterize and quantify periodicities in a time series. Such analyses revealed that for the majority of children younger than 7 years of age, the airflow through the two nostrils changed either randomly (50%) or in parallel (31%). Between the ages of 7 and 10 years, however, the distribution of airflow patterns characteristic of adults emerged, such that the incidence of reciprocity increased to 63%, and the incidence of random and parallel patterns decreased to 31% and 6%, respectively. A similar distribution was evidenced in the 11- to 17-year-old subjects (56% reciprocal, 38% random, 6% parallel). Although the total airflow through the nose also increased with age, the increased inspiratory flow rates could not account for the developmental changes evidenced in airflow patterns.
在48名年龄在3岁至17岁之间的受试者中，在5小时的时间段内每隔10分钟测量一次通过每个鼻腔通道的气流。对这些数据采用了用于描述和量化时间序列中的周期性的统计技术。此类分析显示，对于大多数7岁以下的儿童，通过两个鼻孔的气流变化要么是随机的（50%），要么是同步的（31%）。然而，在7岁至10岁之间，出现了成年人特有的气流模式分布，使得交替模式的发生率增加到63%，随机模式和同步模式的发生率分别降至31%和6%。在11岁至17岁的受试者中也证实了类似的分布（交替模式占56%，随机模式占38%，同步模式占6%）。尽管通过鼻子的总气流也随年龄增加，但吸气流速的增加并不能解释气流模式中所显示的发育变化。
