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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Allergy. 2014 May;44(5):690–700. doi: 10.1111/cea.12304

TABLE 1.

Patients’ clinical data.

Control Eos CRSwNP Non-Eos
CRSwNP
Control vs
Eos
CRSwNP
P value
Control vs
Non-Eos
CRSwNP
P value
Eos vs
Non-Eos
CRSwNP
P value
Subject, n 22 20 29
Sex, male, n (%) 14 (63.6) 14 (70) 15 (51.7) NS NS NS
Age [years, median(IQR)] 27.5 (18.5-46.0) 38.0 (29.3-44.0) 35.0 (20.0-54.0) NS NS NS
Patients with atopy, n (%) 6 (27.3) 8 (40) 7 (24.1) NS NS NS
Patients with asthma, n (%) 0 (0) 2 (10) 0 (0) NS NS NS
Bilateral CT score [median (IQR)] 0 (0-0) 16.0 (9.0-20.0) 17.0 (13.0-22.0) < 0.001 < 0.001 NS
Bilateral NP score [median (IQR)] 0 (0-0) 3.0 (2.0-4.0) 3.0 (2.0- 4.0) < 0.001 < 0.001 NS
Nasal obstruction VAS score
[median (IQR)]
4 (4- 5) 6 (4.5-8) 6 (5-8) NS NS NS
Nasal discharge VAS Score
[median (IQR)]
0 (0- 1) 4 (2.5-6.5) 4 (2- 7.5) < 0.001 0.003 NS
Headache VAS score [median
(IQR)]
0 (0- 0) 2 (0- 4) 0 (0- 3) 0.002 0.013 NS
Facial pain VAS score [median
(IQR)]
0 (0- 0.75) 0 (0- 1) 0 (0-0.5) NS NS NS
Hyposmia VAS score [median
(IQR)]
1 (0-2) 4 (2.5-5.5) 2 (0-6) 0.003 NS NS
Overall discomfort VAS score
[median (IQR)]
4 (2- 4.75) 5 (4-7) 5 (4-6.5) NS NS NS

Eos, eosinophilic; CRSwNP, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; Non-Eos, non-eosinophilic; NP, nasal polyps; VAS, visual analogue scale; CT, computer tomography, IQR, interquartile range.