Table 1.

Clinical data and laboratory parameters of the study subjects

Group	AIA ($n=23$)	ATA ($n=17$)	NPwA ($n=15$)
Male/female (n)	11/12	12/4	11/4
Age in years, mean (range)	48.7 (18–70)	51.2 (40–67)	43.2 (19–68)
Asthmatic patients, n	23	17	0
Atopic patients, n (%)	8 (34%)	8 (47%)	0
Number of previous FESS operations; mean (range)	2 (1–8)	1.4 (1–6)	1.38 (1–2)
Absolute eosinophilic blood counts (Gpt/l); mean (range)	0.486 (0.134–0.872)	0.263 (0.079–0.458)	0.116 (0.1–0.15)
Eosinophilic infiltrations in nasal polyps, n (%)	18 (78.3%)	14 (82.3%)	11 (73.3%)
Eosinophilic infiltrations in bronchial mucosa, n (%)	5 (21.7%)	3 (17.6%)	1 (6.6%)

The table shows the parameters as means and range