Predictive significance of arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase for eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Table 2 Spearman correlations between ALOX15 mRNA level and laboratory and clinical characteristics

Correlation		r value	P value
ALOX15 mRNA level (− ΔCt value)	Age	− 0.116	0.433
	Tissue eosinophils (%)	0.565	< 0.001
	Tissue neutrophils (%)	− 0.167	0.256
	Nasal obstruction score	0.149	0.312
	Rhinorrhea score	0.225	0.124
	Olfaction score	0.400	0.005
	Facial pain or headache score	0.056	0.706
	Total VAS score	0.383	0.007
	CT score	0.150	0.309
	E/M ratio	0.463	0.001
	Endoscopy score	0.409	0.004
	Blood eosinophils (%)	0.395	0.006
	Blood neutrophils (%)	− 0.159	0.280

ALOX15 arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase, VAS visual analogue scale, CT computed tomography, E/M ethmoid/maxillary sinus. Italic values are significant at P < 0.05

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