[Table/Fig-1]:

Comparison of patients’ data between the two groups.

Clinical characteristic	Group A	Group B
No of patients	30	30
Male	20	18
Female	10	12
Mean follow up period	6 months	6 months
Range	3-8 months	4-9 months
Pretreatment AEC	532 μg/l	578 μg/l
Post-treatment AEC	482 μg/l	438 μg/l
No of patients with normalized AEC	0	0
Pretreatment IgE	886.20 IU/ml	935 IU/ml
Post-treatment IgE	620.00 IU/ml	570 IU/ml
No of patients with normalized IgE	18	20
Pretreatment mean SNOT score	52 .5	55.7
Post-treatment mean SNOT score	34.3	29.5
Pretreatment Kupferberg’s endoscopic grading (Grade 4)	100%	100%
Post treatment Kupferberg’s endoscopic grading (Grade 0)	7(23.33%)	8(26.66%)
Recurrence of nasal polyp	9(32.14%)	7(25.92%)