Table 4:

Two-tailed, bivariate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between Sniffin’ Sticks TDI score, endoscopy scores, and patient reported outcome measures. Correlation (R) and statistical significance (p-value) reported for both baseline values (n=48) and the change from baseline to follow-up (n=33).

Sniffin’ Sticks / TDI total score	Baseline Score		Change (Δ): Baseline to Follow-up
	R	p-value	R	p-value
Lund-Kennedy endoscopy score	−0.431	0.002	−0.436	0.018
SNOT-22 total score	0.124	0.402	−0.247	0.165
Rhinologic symptoms	−0.167	0.256	−0.163	0.364
Extranasal rhinologic symptoms	0.163	0.269	−0.004	0.981
Ear / facial symptoms	0.153	0.301	−0.275	0.122
Psychological dysfunction symptoms	0.226	0.123	−0.237	0.184
Sleep dysfunction symptoms	0.202	0.169	−0.218	0.222
Q21: “Sense of smell/taste”	−0.454	0.001	−0.080	0.659
QOD-NS total score	−0.234	0.110	−0.016	0.930