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Published in final edited form as: Respir Med. 2013 Nov 13;108(1):162–170. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.11.002

Table 3.

Predictive Biomarkers and Univariable Ordinal Logistic Regression Predicting Sinus Disease Severity

Predictor	Controls^*	Medical Cases^*	Surgical Cases^*	Crude OR (95%CI)^†	P-value
IL-6 (log₁₀ pg/mL)	5.7 (1.7–17.7)	2.6 (0.7–12.2)	4.8 (3.1–13.6)	0.72 (0.48–1.09)	0.118
IL-8 (log₁₀ pg/mL)	16.4 (11.7–35.0)	12.6 (9.4–22.7)	11.8 (9.0–21.8)	0.41 (0.19–0.90)	0.023
TNF-α (log₁₀ pg/mL)	4.0 (2.6–5.5)	4.3 (2.8–5.8)	5.0 (2.3–8.7)	1.93 (1.00–3.80)	0.044
GRO (log₁₀ pg/mL)	732 (487–973)	641 (474–871)	620 (506–952)	0.41 (0.11–1.50)	0.174
BMI, kg/m²	27.9 (26–31)	29.1 (26–31)	29.8 (28–32)	1.05 (1.03–1.14)	0.163
PMN count, ×10³	3.8 (3.0–4.5)	3.6 (2.8–4.2)	3.3 (2.6–3.9)	0.73 (0.57–0.94)	0.011

Definition of abbreviations: OR = odds ratio; PMN = polymorphonuclear neutrophils; 95%CI = 95% confidence interval.

Values Expressed as Median (IQR).

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Analysis was done between Medical Cases, Surgical Cases and Controls.