Maximum Phonation Time in People with Obesity Not Submitted or Submitted to Bariatric Surgery

Table 3

Weight, body mass index (BMI), neck circumference (NC), and maximum phonation time (MPT), in seconds, measured in people with obesity before and after bariatric surgery (Group D, n = 15).

	Before surgery		After surgery
	Mean (SD)	Median	Mean (SD)	Median
Weight (kg)	120.5 (18.9)	117.5	100.6 (15.3)	100
BMI (kg/m^2)	46.0 (5.5)	46.6	38.4 (4.4)	37.0
NC (cm)	43.4 (3.7)	42.5	39.6 (3.0)	39.0
MPT /a/ (s)	11.8 (4.5)	11.0	13.0 (4.8)	12.1
MPT /I/ (s)	14.1 (5.1)	14.0	13.7 (5.2)	12.6
MPT /U/ (s)	14.2 (5.2)	14.1	13.3 (5.6)	12.7
S/Z	1.0 (0.3)	0.9	0.9 (0.2)	0.9

compared with preoperative values.