Table 2. Comparison of the CRS groups in terms of clinical features.
Parameter | No. (%) of patients or median (range) |
Pvalue | |
---|---|---|---|
Noneosinophilic CRS(n = 25) | Eosinophilic CRS(n = 18) | ||
Age, yr | 43 (20–69) | 56 (22–72) | 0.021* |
Sex, male | 19 (76.0) | 16 (88.9) | 0.434† |
Asthma | 2 (8.0) | 5 (27.8) | 0.110† |
Atopy | 3 (12.0) | 4 (22.2) | 0.427† |
NP | 19 (76.0) | 18 (100) | 0.032† |
Blood eosinophil absolute count, counts/μl | 148 (71–779) | 411 (22–840) | 0.014* |
Blood eosinophil percent,% | 2.7 (1.0–10.5) | 6.9 (0.2–12.0) | 0.003* |
Lund-Mackay CT score | 12 (2–23) | 12 (4–21) | 0.569* |
ECRS, eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis.
NP, nasal polyp.
*Mann-Whitney U test; †Fisher’s exact test.