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2021 Mar 26


Laryngoscope

Socioeconomic, comorbidity, lifestyle, and quality of life comparisons between chronic rhinosinusitis phenotypes.

Authors

Philpott C, Ta T, Hopkins C, Ray J, Ahmed S, Almeyda R, Kara N, Carrie S, Erskine SE, Cathcart R, Sunkaraneni V, Robertson A, Anari S, Kumar B N, Clark A
Laryngoscope. 2021 Mar 26.
PMID: 33769590.

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a heterogeneous group of inflammatory sinonasal disorders with key defining symptoms, but traditionally separated into phenotypes by clinical/endoscopic findings. It is not known whether the two phenotypes have differing socioeconomic, comorbidity, and lifestyle differences. This analysis of the Chronic Rhinosinusitis Epidemiology Study (CRES) database sought to analyze any key differences in the socioeconomic variables between those with CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNPs) and those without nasal polyps (CRSsNPs). We also sought to analyze differences in comorbidities, lifestyle, and quality of life.