| BMI | body mass index |
| CI | confidence interval |
| COS | Columbia blood agar with 5% sheep blood |
| CRSwNP | chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps |
| CT | computed tomography |
| ENT | ear, nose and throat |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| MCK | MacConkey agar |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MSA2 | mannitol salt agar |
| PVX | chocolate agar with PolyViteX |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SNOT-22 | Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 |
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