Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

	IT			UT	NP
	Control	NECRS	ECRS	Control	NECRS	ECRS
Total	13 (9M/4F)	14 (9M/5F)	12 (7M/5F)	13 (8M/5F)	20 (13M/7F)	19 (12M/7F)
Average age (range)	47.9 (32–66)	51.2 (30–65)	48.7 (26–69)	54.1 (40–67)	51.6 (20–76)	50.4 (26–69)
Asthma	0	0	6	0	0	9
Atopy	0	4	8	0	5	13
Eos, number/HPF	1.8 ± 1.4	3.5 ± 2.6	98.8 ± 20.3*	1.9 ± 1.5	3.0 ± 2.1	120.1 ± 34.9
Neu, number/HPF	1.8 ± 0.5	6.5 ± 2.0†	2.7 ± 1.4	1.7 ± 0.6	7.5 ± 2.4†	3.8 ± 1.6

Definition of abbreviations: ECRS = eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis; Eos = eosinophils; F = female; HPF = high-power field; IT = inferior turbinate; M = male; NECRS = noneosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis; Neu = neutrophils; NP = nasal polyp; UT = uncinate tissue.

Data for Eos and Neu are mean ± SEM.

^*P < 0.01 (Kruskal-Wallis test).

^†P < 0.05 (Kruskal-Wallis test).