Table 1.
The demographic and clinical data of the subjects
| FB | CRSwNP | Control | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age(years), mean ± SD | 59.72 ± 13.89 | 41.30 ± 15.97 | 38.00 ± 9.02 | 0.024 | ||||
| Female/Male | 23/6 | 3/7 | 2/2 | 0.008 | ||||
| Site, n | Middle meatus | Maxillary sinus | 25 | Middle meatus | 10 | Middle meatus | 4 | – |
| Superior meatus | Sphenoid sinus | 4 | – | |||||
| Symptom, n | Nasal obstruction | 16 | 9 | 0.064 | ||||
| Nasal discharge | 14 | 4 | 0.468 | |||||
| Headache | 11 | 1 | 0.131 | |||||
| Bloody secretions | 6 | 1 | 0.653 | |||||
| Postnasal drip | 5 | 0 | 0.302 | |||||
| Hyposmia | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | |||||
FB paranasal sinus fungal ball, CRSwNP chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps