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Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2009 Nov;119(11):2284–2287. doi: 10.1002/lary.20499

Table 2.

Post-operative Quality of Life Results

	Smokers	Non-smokers

Number of Patients (preop)	49	172

Preop SNOT-20 (mean)	27.8	26.2
Preop SNOT-20 (mean)	95% CI (24.3 to 31.3)	95% CI (24.4 to 28.0)

Short Term Postop SNOT-20	5.7	10.1	Smokers p<0.0005
Short Term Postop SNOT-20	95% CI (1.4 to 10.0)	95% CI (8.2 to 12.1)	Non-smokers p<0.0005

Short Term SNOT-20 improvement	22.1	16.1	p=0.044 (smokers vs. non-smokers)

Long Term Postop SNOT-20	8.3	11.4
Long Term Postop SNOT-20	95% CI (4.3 to 12.3)	95% CI (9.0 to 13.8)

Short to Long Term Change in SNOT-20 score	2.6	1.3	Smokers p = .25
Short to Long Term Change in SNOT-20 score			Non-smokers p = .10

Long Term SNOT-20 improvement	19.5	14.8	Smokers p <0.0001
Long Term SNOT-20 improvement			Non-smokers p <0.0001