Table 2.

Left: Taste intensity testing results (raw mean score) in control, CRS without nasal polyps (CRSsNP), and CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) patients. Right: Propensity score modeling-adjusted differences between control and CRS groups reported as adjusted difference (standard error).

	Raw Taste Intensity Scores			Propensity Score Modeling-Adjusted Differences
	Control	CRSsNP	CRSwNP	Control vs. CRSsNP	p	Control vs. CRSwNP	p
Denatonium	8.89	7.97	8.17	0.65 (0.29)	0.027	0.32 (0.25)	0.197
Sucrose	5.99	6.43	6.44	−0.65 (0.25)	0.011	−0.65 (0.23)	0.005
NaCl	6.67	6.44	6.68	−0.06 (0.27)	0.824	−0.22 (0.23)	0.356
Comb. Score	10.86	5.89	7.03	4.94 (1.20)	<0.001	3.23 (1.07)	0.003