Table 1.
Study sample characteristics. Basic demography and anthropometry of the study population and subpopulations according to the treatment modality and presence of CRSwNP (Pearson χ2 and Mann-Whitney U test)
| Parameter | Total | Therapy | CRSwNP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conv. therapy | OMA | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | |||
| Sample size, n | 48 | 38 | 10 | – | 33 | 15 | – | |
| Sex (male/female) | 19/29 | 14/24 | 5/5 | 0.449 (a) | 11/22 | 8/7 | 0.189 (a) | |
| Age (mean/SD) [years] | 47.7/12.5 | 49/13 | 44/10 | 0.309 (b) | 47/13 | 50/12 | 0.338 (b) | |
| Height (mean/SD) [cm] | 170/10 | 170/10 | 170/10 | 0.851 (b) | 169/9 | 170/12 | 0.577 (b) | |
| Weight (mean/SD) [kg] | 79/20 | 78/21 | 83/17 | 0.445 (b) | 78/22 | 82/13 | 0.225 (b) | |
| BMI (mean/SD) [kg/m2] | 27.3/5.62 | 26.9/5.57 | 28.7/5.9 | 0.430 (b) | 26.8/6.13 | 28.3/4.29 | 0.161 (b) | |
| Obesity (yes/no) | 10/38 | 6/32 | 4/6 | 0.093 (a) | 7/26 | 3/12 | 0.924 (a) | |
| Exacerbation rate (mean/min./max.) | 1.91/0/12 | 1.91/0/12 | 1.90/0/10 | 0.742 (b) | 1.41/0/10 | 2.93/0/12 | 0.093 (b) | |
| OMA therapy duration (mean/min./max.) [months] | 26/3/60 | 0 | 26/3/60 | – | 5.15/0/48 | 5.67/0/60 | 0.938 (b) | |
| Comorbidities in general (yes/no) | 46/2 | 37/1 | 9/1 | 0.299 (a) | 32/1 | 14/1 | 0.559 (a) | |
| Smoking status (yes/no) | 2/46 | 2/36 | 0/10 | 0.459 (a) | 1/32 | 1/14 | 0.559 (a) | |
| Airway obstruction (yes/no) | 30/18 | 25/13 | 5/5 | 0.359 (a) | 20/13 | 10/5 | 0.688 (a) | |
| AERD (yes/no) | 9/39 | 6/32 | 3/7 | 0.306 (a) | 3/30 | 6/9 | 0.011 (a) | |
| Atopy status (yes/no) | 39/9 | 29/9 | 10/0 | 0.088 (a) | 27/6 | 12/3 | 0.881 (a) | |
| Atopic eczema (yes/no) | 13/35 | 9/29 | 4/6 | 0.302 (a) | 12/21 | 1/14 | 0.032 (a) | |
| Allergen exposure (yes/no) | 15/33 | 14/24 | 1/9 | 0.103 (a) | 11/22 | 4/11 | 0.644 (a) | |
| Asthma severity (n) | Mild | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.041 (a) | 4 | 0 | 0.428 (a) |
| Moderate | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Severe | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Severe Refractory | 29 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 11 | |||
| Asthma control (n) | Controlled | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.967 (a) | 7 | 0 | 0.068 (a) |
| Partly controlled | 27 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 8 | |||
| Uncontrolled | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Exacerbation | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Asthma phenotype (n) | Eosinophilic allergic | 37 | 27 | 10 | 0.153 (a) | 25 | 12 | 0.097 (a) |
| Eosinophilic non-allergic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Neutrophilic | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
(a) Pearson χ2, (b) Mann-Whitney U test.