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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Mar 19;3(1):24–31. doi: 10.1016/j.wjorl.2017.03.001

Table 1. Cohort characteristics and preoperative clinical measures of disease severity (n=395).

Characteristics: Mean [SD] Range
[LL, UL]
N (%)
Age (years) 51.6 [15.6] [18, 86]
Male 185 (47%)
Caucasian 334 (85%)
African American 19 (5%)
Asian 17 (4%)
Hispanic / Latino 23 (6%)
Asthma 148 (38%)
Allergy (mRAST / skin prick) 170 (43%)
Nasal polyposis 149 (38%)
Aspirin sensitivity 36 (9%)
Septal deviation 158 (40%)
Turbinate hypertrophy 62 (16%)
Depression 63 (16%)
Tobacco use 18 (5%)
Alcohol consumption 171 (43%)
Ciliary dyskinesia 12 (3%)
Corticosteroid dependency 33 (8%)
Diabetes mellitus (Type I or II) 33 (8%)
Lund-Mackay CT scores 12.2 [6.2] [0, 24]
Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores 6.3 [3.8] [0, 18]

SD, standard deviation; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit; mRAST, modified radioallergosorbent testing; CT, computed tomography