Table 4.

Correlation between mucus cytokine levels of the olfactory cleft and age- and sex-adjusted SIT scores.

	All CRS		CRSsNP		CRSwNP
	Spearman r	p value	Spearman r	p value	Spearman r	p value
IL-1β	−0.12 (−0.35–0.12)	0.31	−0.07 (−0.42–0.29)	0.69	−0.11 (−0.42–0.23)	0.52
IL-2	−0.32 (−0.52– −0.09)	0.006	−0.24 (−0.55–0.13)	0.18	−0.19 (−0.49–0.14)	0.25
IL-4	0.18 (−0.11–0.45)	0.21	ND	-	0.16 (−0.17–0.46)	0.32
IL-5	−0.51 (−0.67– −0.31)	<0.0001	−0.11 (−0.45–0.26)	0.54	−0.41 (−0.65– −0.09)	0.01
IL-6	−0.38 (−0.57– −0.16)	0.0009	−0.23 (−0.54–0.14)	0.20	−0.39 (−0.64– −0.08)	0.01
IL-7	−0.02 (−0.26–0.22)	0.84	0.35 (−0.01–0.63)	0.05	−0.15 (−0.46–0.18)	0.35
IL-8	−0.12 (−0.35–0.12)	0.32	−0.08 (−0.43–0.28)	0.66	−0.10 (−0.41–0.23)	0.53
IL-10	−0.51 (−0.67– −0.31)	<0.0001	−0.17 (−0.50–0.20)	0.35	−0.51 (−0.72– −0.23)	<0.001
IL-12	−0.12 (−0.35–0.12)	0.32	−0.06 (−0.41–0.31)	0.76	−0.03 (−0.35–0.29)	0.84
IL-13	−0.46 (−0.63– −0.25)	<0.0001	0.15 (−0.22–0.48)	0.41	−0.51 (−0.71– −0.22)	0.001
IL-17A	−0.10 (−0.39–0.20)	0.49	ND	-	−0.17 (−0.47–0.1)	0.31
Eotaxin	−0.13 (−0.36–0.12)	0.29	0.15 (−0.22–0.48)	0.43	−0.17 (−0.46–0.17)	0.31
TNF-α	−0.17 (−0.39–0.07)	0.16	−0.03 (−0.39–0.33)	0.85	0.08 (−0.26–0.39)	0.65
RANTES	−0.01 (−0.25–0.23)	0.93	−0.13 (−0.47–0.24)	0.47	0.15 (−0.19–0.45)	0.38