Table 3:
Comparisons in the frequency of normal and abnormal olfactory scores between case subjects with CRS and control subjects without CRS.
| TDI total score classification: | Control Subjects (n=164) | Case Subjects with CRSsNP (n=105) | χ2 | p-value vs control | Case Subjects with CRSwNP (n=119) | χ2 | p-value vs control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normosmia | 81 (49%) | 43 (41%) | 1.83 | 0.176 | 17 (14%) | <0.001 | |
| Hyposmia | 73 (45%) | 54 (51%) | 1.23 | 0.268 | 36 (30%) | 0.015 | |
| Anosmia | 10 (6%) | 8 (8%) | 0.24 | 0.626 | 66 (56%) | <0.001 | |
| TDI components | |||||||
| Normal T | 89 (54%) | 38 (36%) | 8.39 | 0.004 | 23 (19%) | 35.21 | <0.001 |
| Abnormal T | 75 (46%) | 67 (64%) | 96 (81%) | ||||
| Normal D | 121 (74%) | 79 (75%) | 0.07 | 0.789 | 31 (26%) | 63.19 | <0.001 |
| Abnormal D | 43 (26%) | 26 (25%) | 88 (74%) | ||||
| Normal I | 127 (77%) | 79 (75%) | 0.17 | 0.678 | 35 (29%) | 64.99 | <0.001 |
| Abnormal I | 37 (23%) | 26 (25%) | 84 (71%) |
CRSsNP, chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyposis; CRSwNP, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis; SE, standard error of the mean; CI, confidence interval of the mean difference, SD, standard deviation; t, independent samples t-test statistic; χ2, chi-square test statistic; reported p-values correspond to two-sided significance. T, olfactory threshold; D, olfactory discrimination; I, olfactory identification.