Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2009 Nov;119(11):2284–2287. doi: 10.1002/lary.20499

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Smokers
n=50
21%
Non-Smokers
n=135
79%
P value

Age, yr (mean) 48.9 46.7
 Range 29-79 19-82

Sex (%)
 Male 29 (58%) 82 (61%)
 Female 21 (42%) 53 (39%)

SNOT-20 score (mean) 27.8 26.2 p=.36 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Revision surgery (%) 10 (20%) 53 (39%) p=.38 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Nasal Polyposis (%) 11 (22%) 67 (50%) p=.14 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Asthma (%) 10 (20%) 62 (46%) p=.16 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Preop Lund Mackay CT score (mean) 7.4 9.2 p=.15 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Preop Endoscopy Score (mean) 3.9 5.0 p=.13 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Follow-up, months (mean) 40.3 44.2