Table 1.

Relationship between ECRS and non-ECRS.

	ECRS	Non-ECRS	p-value
Total	38	30
Age (years)	57.5	54.5	0.42
Sex (male/female)	28/10	16/14	0.14
Asthma	8 (21.1%)	3 (10.0%)	0.21
Total white blood cells (cell/μL)	5967 ± 1603	6323 ± 1855	0.40
Blood eosinophils (cell/μL)	400 ± 217	116 ± 97	<0.01
Blood eosinophils (%)	7.07 ± 4.01	1.85 ± 1.43	<0.005
Lund–Mackay scores	11.3 ± 5.3	9.1 ± 5.8	<0.05
Pendrin expression (n)	20 (52.6%)	6 (20.0%)	<0.05
MUC5AC expression (mm2/a field)	0.090	0.048	<0.01