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Table 7 The clinical characteristics of the patient group.

From: The evaluation of metallothionein expression in nasal polyps with respect to immune cell presence and activity

Clinicopathological findings

Nasal polyps (n = 50)

 

Lymphocytic

(n = 17)

Neutrophilic

(n = 12)

Eosinophilic

(n = 21)

Mean age

47

(± 14.96)

51

(± 16.9)

45.9

(± 15.67)

Male

64.7 (11)

50 (6)

52.4 (11)

Female

35.3 (6)

50 (6)

47.6 (10)

Microbial bacterial infections

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus

Enterococcus

Echerichia coli

-

41.6 (5)

23 (3)

Microbial fungal infections

Aspergillus

-

-

19 (4)

Asthma

12 (2)

-

38 (8)

NSAID intolerance

-

-

42 (9)

Documented allergy

23 (4)

-

61 (13)

Nasal septum deviation

12 (2)

-

10 (2)

  1. All figures refer to the percentage of samples; n is the number of patients