TABLE 4.

Correlation between the preoperative and postoperative total IgE and ECP levels

ECP, Total IgE changes correlation IgE-ECP Levels	Total		Group N		Group S
	ρ	p	ρ	p	ρ	p
Pre IgE-Pre ECP	0.221	0.044	0.169	0.290	0.311	0.045
Pre IgE-Post ECP	0.240	0.029	0.162	0.313	0.310	0.046
Post IgE-Pre ECP	0.186	0.091	0.197	0.216	0.191	0.227
Post IgE-Post ECP	0.235	0.033	0.214	0.178	0.254	0.105

Spearman correlation test; Pre: Preoperative; Post: Postoperative; (ρ): Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient.