Table 1.

Subject characteristics

	Control			CRSsNP			CRSwNP			Samter’s
Total no. of subjects	n=28 (14M)			n=55 (26M)			n=92 (65M)			n=12 (6M)
Age (y), median (range)	48* (16–63)#			38 (18–64)			43 (22–74)			47 (26–61)
	Y	N	U	Y	N	U	Y	N	U	Y	N	U
Atopy	0	24	4	24	25	6	42	40	10	7	2	3
Asthma	0	27	2	12	33	10	40	51	1	12	0	0
Methodologies used	UT			UT			UT	NP		NP
Tissue RNA	n=9 (3M)			n=18 (8M)			n=17 (14M)	n=24 (18M)		-
Age	41 (16–59)			36 (23–64)			43 (26–61)	44 (26–74)		-
Tissue Extract	n=15 (9M)			n=32 (15M)			n=29 (20M)	n=39 (28M)		n=12 (6M)
Age	49 (19–63)			37 (18–64)			41 (18–67)	41 (22–72)		47 (26–61)
Immunofluorescence	n=11 (8M)			n=11 (6M)			n=11 (9M)	n=17 (11M)		-
Age	53 (19–62)			38 (21–61)			48 (34–72)	52 (22–70)		-

^*median,

^#(range). M; male, Y; yes, N; no, U; unknown.