Table 5.

Percentage and correlation of symptoms with involvement of the paranasal sinuses (Spearman’s correlation coefficient)

Symptoms	Sinus
	Maxillary		Anterior ethmoid		Posterior ethmoid		Sphenoid		Frontal
	%	P	%	P	%	P	%	P	%	P
Purulent (discolored) anterior or posterior nasal drainage	95	0.042*	86	0.094	62	0.608	44	0.846	41	0.144
Nasal obstruction/blockage	93	0.352	84	0.230	59	0.010*	42	0.606	40	0.162
Facial pain/pressure/fullness	70	0.233	66	0.055	48	0.212	34	0.409	34	0.344
Facial congestion/fullness	64	0.95	58	0.555	43	0.429	30	0.927	31	0.271
Hyposmia/anosmia	73	0.231	69	0.002	51	0.010*	36	0.051	35	0.010*
Headache	76	0.519	69	0.684	49	0.759	35	0.409	31	0.483
Ear pain/pressure/fullness	40	0.505	32	0.093	24	0.797	19	0.880	18	0.791
Halitosis	51	0.531	47	0.402	34	0.961	31	0.046*	23	0.742
Dental pain	25	0.240	21	0.738	14	0.534	10	0.532	8	0.289
Cough	44	0.088	40	0.472	31	0.148	24	0.122	25	0.010*
Fatigue	62	0.986	58	0.847	42	0.257	29	0.862	30	0.026*
Fever	19	0.331	18	0.300	15	0.116	10	0.549	10	0.315