Table 2:

Comparative Clinic Characteristics of patients with and without Hearing Loss and MES

	MES	No MES	p-value	Hearing Loss	No Hearing Loss	p-value Loss
Age	48.1 ± 0.7	46.2 ± 0.7	.06	51.0 ± 1.0	44.8 ± 0.6	<0.0001
Age at Onset of Asthma	28.2 ± 0.8	30.6 ± 0.8	<0.05	28.6 ± 1.1	28.9 ± 0.7	.74
Age at Onset of NP	40.2 ± 0.7	35.0 ± 0.7	.41	33.9 ± 1.0	34.3 ± 0.6	.73
Duration of NP	14.5 ± 0.6	11.17 ± 0.5	<0.0001	17.2 ± 0.9	10.3 ± 0.4	<0.0001

MES – middle ear symptoms. NP – nasal polyps. Ages and duration of NP are reported as mean years +/− standard error