Table 1.

Characteristics of recruited subjects.

Characteristics	Control	CRSwNP	P value*
Total subject no. (gender)	n=15 (8M/7F)	n=20 (12M/8F)	0.693
Age (y), median (IQR)	37 (19–66)	38 (20–67)	0.633
Patients who smoked, n (%)	4 (26.6)	6 (30)	0.829
Patients with atopy, n (%)	0 (0)	5 (25)	0.036
Patients with asthma, n (%)	0 (0)	4 (20)	0.066

CRSwNP, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; F, female; M, male; IQR, interquartile ranges; *CRSwNP vs control.