Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. From: A Compositional Analysis of Human Nasal Septal Cartilage Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2003;5(1):53-58. Figure Legend: Septal cartilage hydration as a function of patient age. No significant trend is demonstrated by the linear regression curve. Date of download: 10/2/2017 Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. From: A Compositional Analysis of Human Nasal Septal Cartilage Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2003;5(1):53-58. Figure Legend: Collagen content, calculated from hydroxyproline content, of human septal cartilage as a function of patient age. No significant change with aging is demonstrated by the linear regression curve. Date of download: 10/2/2017 Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. From: A Compositional Analysis of Human Nasal Septal Cartilage Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2003;5(1):53-58. Figure Legend: Age-dependence of sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) content in human nasal septal cartilage. Linear regression curve demonstrates significant decrease (P = .02) in sGAG with advancing age. Equation of linear regression: sGAG = 42.0 − [0.281 × Age]. Date of download: 10/2/2017 Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. From: A Compositional Analysis of Human Nasal Septal Cartilage Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2003;5(1):53-58. Figure Legend: Age dependence of cell density in human nasal septal cartilage. With advancing age, a trend (P = .05) toward decreased cellularity is demonstrated by the linear regression curve. Equation of linear regression: Cell Density = 35.8 × 106 − [2.30 × 105 × Age]. Date of download: 10/2/2017 Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.