Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

Study participants, n	35
Age, years	55.0 ± 13.5
Male, n (%)	9 (25.7)
Time interval between sampling, days	719 ± 383
Subjects with nasal polyps, %	20 (57.1)
Patients on steroid rinses, %	16 (45.7)
Patients on oral steroid, %	3 (8.6)
Patients on topical antibiotic, %	3 (8.6)
Patients on antibiotics, %	3 (8.6)
Patients on steroid spray, %	11 (31.4)
Patients on saline rinsing, %	31 (88.5)
Patients on antibiotics the past 8 weeks, %	1 (2.8)

Data are presented as mean ± SD