Subjects | ||||
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Variables | Control (n = 19) | Eosinophil-dominated CRSwNP (n = 20) | Plasma cell-dominated CRSwNP (n = 33) | p value |
Gender (male), n (%) | 11 (57.9) | 14 (77.8) | 25 (75.0) | 0.3067 |
Age (years), Mean ± SE | 37.9 ± 2.9 | 50.3 ± 2.8 | 45.9 ± 2.7 | 0.3482 |
Peripheral eosinophil (%), Mean ± SE | 3.2 ± 0.7 | 4.6 ± 0.7 | 3.3 ± 0.4 | 0.3260 |
Serum IgE level (IU/L), Mean ± SE | 51.3 ± 7.7 | 89.4 ± 22.9 | 197.4 ± 40.0 | < 0.0001* |
Methodologies used | ||||
Tissue ELISA (n) | 19 | 20 | 33 | - |
Tissue IHC (n) | 19 | 20 | 33 | - |