Table 1 Patients’ clinical data
From: Inflammatory patterns of antrochoanal polyps in the pediatric age group
Number | P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control (n = 10) | ACP (n = 33) | N-ACP (n = 23) | A-ACP (n = 10) | Control vs ACP | Control vs N-ACP | Control vs A-ACP | N-ACP vs A-ACP | |
Gender, male, n (%) | 7 (70) | 24 (72.7) | 16 (69.6) | 6 (60) | – | – | – | – |
Age (years) | 9 (7, 10) | 9 (8, 11) | 9 (7, 11) | 9 (9, 11) | 0.283 | 0.920 | 0.333 | 0.239 |
Serum IgE | – | 558.75 (333.50, 899.75) | 368 (311.88, 623.63) | 1059 (902.88, 1726.38) | – | – | – | – |
VAS score | ||||||||
Sneeze | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 1.25) | 0.577 | 0.672 | 0.480 | 0.596 |
Nasal discharge | 1 (0, 1) | 2 (0, 2) | 2 (0.25, 2.75) | 2 (1.75, 3) | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.148 |
Nasal obstruction | 2 (0.25, 2.75) | 2 (2, 2) | 2 (2, 2) | 2 (1.75, 2.25) | 0.262 | 0.423 | 0.306 | 0.628 |
Nasal itch | 2 (2, 2) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0.312 | 0.136 | 0.769 | 0.573 |
Overall burden | 2 (2, 3) | 4 (3, 5) | 4 (3, 5) | 5 (3, 7) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.401 |
Counts of inflammatory cells in peripheral blood | ||||||||
Neutrophile (1 × 109/L) | 4.12 (3.18, 4.85) | 3.61 (2.88, 5.53) | 3.37 (2.73, 4.08) | 5.65 (3.27, 6.34) | 0.878 | 0.358 | 0.153 | 0.056 |
Lymphocyte (1 × 109/L) | 3.16 (2.24, 4.27) | 2.47 (2.02, 2.97) | 2.56 (2.10, 3.18) | 2.09 (1.99, 2.91) | 0.140 | 0.214 | 0.082 | 0.254 |
Monocyte (1 × 109/L) | 0.39 (0.25, 0.46) | 0.36 (0.28, 0.43) | 0.33 (0.28, 0.42) | 0.36 (0.28, 0.53) | 0.887 | 0.562 | 0.818 | 0.584 |
Eosinophil (1 × 109/L) | 0.14 (0.07, 0.24) | 0.10 (0.06, 0.16) | 0.10 (0.08, 0.16) | 0.10 (0.03, 0.21) | 0.354 | 0.448 | 0.759 | 0.719 |