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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of SS-CRS and non-SS-CRS

From: The difference in pathogenic bacteria between chronic rhinosinusitis in patients with and without Sjogren’s syndrome: a retrospective case–control study

Variables

CRS-SS

CRS-Non-SS

 

N = 156

N = 14,259

p-value*

n

%

n

%

Gender

    

 < 0.001

 Male

43

27.6

8653

60.7

 

 Female

113

72.4

5606

39.3

 

Age (years)

0.001

 < 65

120

76.9

12,348

86.6

 

 ≥ 65

36

23.1

1911

13.4

 

Covariates

 RA

19

12.2

68

0.5

 < 0.001

 DM

24

15.4

1325

9.3

0.009

 HTN

63

40.4

2562

18.0

 < 0.001

 CKD

15

9.6

261

1.8

 < 0.001

 CVA

16

10.3

441

3.1

 < 0.001

 CAD

16

10.3

545

3.8

 < 0.001

 COPD

26

16.7

807

5.7

 < 0.001

 Asthma

18

11.5

973

6.8

0.021

  1. CRS chronic rhinosinusitis, SS Sjogren’s syndrome, RA rheumatoid arthritis, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, CKD chronic kidney disease, CVA cerebral vascular accident, CAD coronary artery disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. *Pearson’s Chi-square tests
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