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Table 2 Patient characteristics, medication use and microbiome data of the three groups

From: Temporal instability of the post-surgical maxillary sinus microbiota

 

Group 1: No CRS (n = 9)

Group 2: Persistent CRS (n = 11)

Group 3: CRS exacerbation (n = 15)

Age, years

57.9 ± 13.1

57.4 ± 13.9

51.6 ± 13.5

Male, %

2 (22.2)

3 (33.3)

4 (44.4)

Patients with polyps, %

1 (11.1)

9 (81.8)*

10 (66.7)*

Time intervals, days

747 ± 226

761 ± 414

673 ± 448

Patients on steroid rinses, %

11.1

63.6*

53.3

Patients on oral steroid, %

0

27.2**

0

Patients on topical antibiotic, %

0

18.1

6.7

Patients on antibiotics, %

11.1

0

13.3

Patients on steroid spray, %

22.2

45.5

26.7

Patients on saline rinsing, %

77.8

100

86.7

Patients on antibiotics the past 8 weeks, %

0

9.1

0

Shannon diversity index

2.08 ± 1.18

1.52 ± 0.67**

1.92 ± 0.81

Jaccard index

24.2 ± 10.7

25.3 ± 12.7

23.6 ± 11.3

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise specified. *: p < 0.05 versus group 1; **: p < 0.05 versus group 1 and 3