Table 7.

The values of the TNSS scores, SNOT-20 scores, and the shortened version of SNOT-20 in patients with different levels of BA control, quantified using the ACQ-5 test.

Patient groups	Complete control of asthma (ACQ-5 < 0.75)	Poor control of asthma (ACQ-5 > 0.75)	Statistics of intergroup differences (t: Student's t-test; K-ST: Kolmogorov–Smirnov test)
FEV1 (%)
All patients	92.45 [88.82; 96.06]	84.73 [79.25; 90.21]	T = 2.53, p=0.015
	(n=46)	(n=37)	K-ST = 1.42, p=0.036
TNSS test results, scores
All patients	4.52 [3.74; 55.31]	6.03 [5.12; 6.93]	t = −2.55, p=0.013
	(n=46)	(n=37)	K-ST = 1.85, p=0.002
Group 1	2.22 [0.51; 3.93]	5.00 [2.98; 7.02]	t = −2.36, p=0.03
	(n=9)	(n=10)	K-ST = 1.28, p=0.07
Group 2	5.08 [4.27; 5.90]	6.41 [5.37; 7.45]	t = −2.08, p=0.042
	(n=37)	(n=27)	K-ST = 1.47, p=0.026
Differences (group 1 − group 2)	t = −3.19, p=0.0026	t = −1.41, p=0.17
	K-ST = 1.66, p=0.008	K-ST = 1.02, p=0.25
SNOT-20 test results, scores
All patients	15.27 [13.00; 17.54]	20.84 [17.84; 23.84]	t = −3.04, p=0.003
	(n=46)	(n=37)	K-ST = 1.5, p=0.02
Group 1	10.22 [6.87; 13.57]	17.40 [11.29; 23.51]	t = −2.26, p=0.037
	(n=9)	(n=10)	K-ST = 1.28, p=0.07
Group 2	16.30 [13.72; 18.89]	22.11 [18.56; 25.66]	t = −2.77, p=0.007
	(n=37)	(n=27)	K-ST = 1.49, p=0.023
Differences (group 1 − group 2)	t = −2.28, p=0.027	t = −1.45, p=0.16
	K-ST = 1.34, p=0.054	K-ST = 0.86, p=0.46
SNOT-20 test results without psychological block, scores
All patients	10.87 [8.94; 12.80]	15.95 [13.53; 18.36]	t = −3.36, p=0.001
	(n=46)	(n=37)	K-ST = 1.71, p=0.006
Group 1	5.11 [2.89; 7.33]	13.20 [7.83; 18.57]	t = −3.03, p=0.008
	(n=9)	(n=10)	K-ST = 1.52, p=0.019
Group 2	12.31 [10.18; 14.43]	17.00 [14.24; 19.76]	t = −2.8, p=0.006
	(n=37)	(n=27)	K-ST = 1.49, p=0.02
Differences group 1 − group 2	t = −3.33, p=0.0018	t = −1.45, p=0.15
	K-ST = 1.64, p=0.009	K-ST = 1.01, p=0.26

FEV1: the volume of the forced end in 1 second (% of the required values); n, the number of patients in the group.