Table 1.
Demographics and Socioeconomic Characteristics of AR and Sinusitis.
| Allergic Rhinitis | Sinusitis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | P a | Yes (%) | No (%) | P a | |
| Subjective Depressionb | ||||||
| Yes | 20.6% | 16.7% | 22.0% | 16.3% | ||
| No | 79.4% | 83.3% | <0.001b | 78.0% | 83.7% | <0.001b |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 41.0% | 48.8% | 34.4% | 50.1% | ||
| Female | 59.0% | 51.2% | <0.001 | 65.6% | 49.9% | <0.001 |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 17.4% | 17.3% | 14.1% | 17.8% | ||
| Midwest | 20.4% | 23.2% | 23.0% | 23.0% | ||
| South | 35.0% | 37.4% | 44.8% | 36.2% | ||
| West | 27.2% | 22.1% | 0.001 | 18.1% | 23.1% | <0.001 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school graduate | 10.0% | 13.7% | 10.8% | 13.7% | ||
| High school graduate | 22.1% | 26.2% | 25.5% | 25.9% | ||
| Some college | 20.0% | 19.6% | 19.8% | 19.7% | ||
| College degree | 47.7% | 40.0% | 43.5% | 40.2% | ||
| Unknown | 0.2% | 0.6% | <0.001b | 0.4% | 0.5% | <0.001b |
| Income (% of FPL) | ||||||
| <100 | 10.7% | 13.3% | 12.3% | 13.2% | ||
| 100–199 | 15.9% | 18.0% | 17.8% | 17.8% | ||
| 200–399 | 23.8% | 24.4% | 23.4% | 24.5% | ||
| 400+ | 37.4% | 30.2% | 33.0% | 30.4% | ||
| Unknown | 12.2% | 14.1% | <0.001b | 13.4% | 14.1% | 0.1b |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–30 | 13.0% | 24.1% | 12.1% | 24.8% | ||
| 31–45 | 22.9% | 25.5% | 24.1% | 25.5% | ||
| 45–65 | 46.0% | 33.1% | 42.8% | 32.9% | ||
| 65+ | 18.1% | 17.3% | <0.001 | 21.0% | 16.8% | <0.001 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 73.8% | 65.0% | 72.8% | 64.7% | ||
| Asian | 4.0% | 5.6% | 2.9% | 5.9% | ||
| American Indian | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | ||
| Black | 9.3% | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.6% | ||
| Hispanic | 10.3% | 15.7% | 10.4% | 16.0% | ||
| Multiracial | 2.1% | 1.3% | <0.001 | 1.6% | 1.3% | <0.001 |
a
Based on chi‐squared testing between the condition and the socioeconomic variable
b
Excludes unknown values
FPL = Federal Poverty Level