Mean differences in alar width and narrowing alar lifting.

Table 2: Mean differences in alar width and narrowing alar lifting.

Characteristic	Preoperative	Immediately after surgery	Postoperatively, in 1 m	Postoperatively, in 3m	Postoperatively, in 6 m
Alar width	3.980 ± 0.080	3.575 ± 0.084	3.584 ± 0.085	3.584 ± 0.084	3.584 ± 0.084
The distance between the AB and the CB	-2.193 ± 0.601	1.242 ± 0.530	1.123 ± 0.467	1.097 ± 0.485	1.097 ± 0.485
Improve degree		3.436 ± 0.668	3.316 ± 0.680	3.290 ± 0.692	3.290 ± 0.692
p^a		< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05
p^b		< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05
p^c		< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05

^aPreoperative-to-postoperative measurement comparisons about the alar width (paired t test); bPreoperative-to-postoperative measurement comparisons about the The distance between the alar base and the columella base (paired t test); cPreoperative-to-postoperative measurement comparisons about the Improve degree (paired t test).