Table I. Subject Characteristics.
| Normal | CRSsNP | CRSwNP | AR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total no. of subjects | n=48 (27M/21F) | n=46 (18M/28F) | n=69 (41M/28F) | n=6 (2M/4F) | ||||||||
| Age (y), median (range) | 41 (16–77) 16U | 43 (23–63) 15U | 44 (22–74) 27 U | 6U | ||||||||
| Y | N | U | Y | N | U | Y | N | U | Y | N | U | |
| Atopy | 1 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Asthma | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Methodology used | ||||||||||||
| P | ||||||||||||
| Tissue extract | n=19 (13M/6F) | n=19 (7M/12F) | n=16 (7M/9F) | n=5 (2M/3F) | - | |||||||
| Age (y), median (range) | 44 (16–49) | 37 (23–63) | 43 (22–58) | 41 (29–65) | ||||||||
| Immunohistochemistry | n=6 (3M/3F) | n=11 (5M/6F) | n=10 (7M/3F) | n=10 (9M/1F) | - | |||||||
| Age (y), median (range) | 48 (25–77) | 36 (23–62) | 39 (27–74) | 51 (27–74) | ||||||||
| Nasal lavage | n=14 (7M/7F) | n=16 (6M/10F) | n=13 (11M/2F) | n=6 (2M/4F) | ||||||||
| Age (y), median (range) | 35 (26–48) 6U | 44 (28–60) 6U | 42 (27–63) 7U | 6U | ||||||||
| Serum | n=11 (5M/6F) | n=11 (4M/7F) | n=26 (13M/13F) | - | ||||||||
| Age (y), median (range) | 30 (10U) | 55 (9U) | 45 (35–58) 20U | - | ||||||||
M=Male, F=Female, U=Unknown, P=Polyp, Y=Yes, N=No