Table 2.

Patient profiles

Patient group	Number (n)	Male:female	Age (years)a	Asthma	Allergic rhinitis	Eosinophil count in the total white cell count (%)a	Eosinophil count in nasal tissuesb
ECRS	15	15:0	58.3 (42–76)	1/15	7/15	6.8 (3.1–12.8)	127.6 (53.2–385.2)
Non-ECRS	16	11:5	57.6 (40–70)	0/16	3/16	1.9 (0.4–5.2)	2.5 (0–47.8)
Non-CRS	8	5:3	52.6 (30–69)	0/8	2/8	2.2 (1.0–3.7)	0.0 (0–3.8)

^aData are expressed as means and ranges

^bData are expressed as medians and ranges