Table 5.

Absolute mean improvement in endoscopy and HRQoL scores between light smokers (<1 pack/day) and heavy smokers (≥1.0 pack/day) with CRS (n=18)

	Light Smokers (n=13)		Heavy smokers (n=5)
Outcome measures:	Mean (SD)	[95% CI]	Mean (SD)	[95% CI]	p-value
RSDI physical	−8.5 (8.3)	[−13.6 , −3.5]	−8.0 (12.3)	[−23.3 , 7.3]	>0.999
RSDI functional	−8.0(7.1)	[−12.3 , −3.7]	−1.4 (9.0)	[−12.6 , 9.8]	0.173
RSDI emotional	−7.2 (5.8)	[−10.7 , −3.6]	−2.0 (4.1)	[−7.0 , 3.0]	0.075
RSDI total	−23.6 (17.7)	[−34.3 , −12.9]	−11.4 (22.9)	[−39.8 , 17.0]	0.336
CSS symptom	25.6 (32.2)	[6.2 , 45.1]	26.7 (33.5)	[−15.0 , 68.3]	>0.999
CSS medication	17.9 (36.3)	[−4.0 , 39.9]	31.7 (14.9)	[13.2 , 50.2]	0.246
CSS total	21.8 (29.2)	[4.2 , 39.4]	29.2 (15.9)	[9.5 , 48.9]	0.289

HRQoL = health-related quality of life; CRS = chronic rhinosinusitis; SD = standard deviation; RSDI = Rhinosinusitis Disability Index; CSS = Chronic Sinusitis Survey; CI = confidence interval [lower limit, upper limit]