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Demographic and clinical profile of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Saudi Arabia

Rayan Alfallaj, Sultan bin Obaid, Hisham Almousa, Dawood Ismail, Saleh Mahjoub, Fatma Alanazy, Surayie Al Dousary, Saud Alromaih, Mohammad Aloulah, Abdulaziz Alrasheed, Ahmad S. Alroqi and Saad Alsaleh
Saudi Medical Journal April 2023, 44 (4) 401-405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.4.20220947
Rayan Alfallaj
From the Department of Otolaryngology – Head And Neck Surgery Department (Alfallaj, Alanazy, Al Dousary, Alromaih, Aloulah, Alrasheed, Alroqi, Alsaleh) College of Medicine; and from the College of Medicine (bin Obaid, Almousa, Ismail, Mahjoub), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sultan bin Obaid
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Hisham Almousa
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Dawood Ismail
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Saleh Mahjoub
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Fatma Alanazy
From the Department of Otolaryngology – Head And Neck Surgery Department (Alfallaj, Alanazy, Al Dousary, Alromaih, Aloulah, Alrasheed, Alroqi, Alsaleh) College of Medicine; and from the College of Medicine (bin Obaid, Almousa, Ismail, Mahjoub), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Surayie Al Dousary
From the Department of Otolaryngology – Head And Neck Surgery Department (Alfallaj, Alanazy, Al Dousary, Alromaih, Aloulah, Alrasheed, Alroqi, Alsaleh) College of Medicine; and from the College of Medicine (bin Obaid, Almousa, Ismail, Mahjoub), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saud Alromaih
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Mohammad Aloulah
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Abdulaziz Alrasheed
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Ahmad S. Alroqi
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Saad Alsaleh
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    - Factors associated with CRS groups.

    VariableCRSwNPCRSsNPP-value
    Gender0.709
    Female: 264 (40.0)68.6))18183 (31.4)
    Male: 396 (60.0)266 (67.2)130 (32.8)
    Age<0.001**
    <20:101 (10.0)9 (90.0)
    20-25:4831 (64.6)17 (35.4)
    26-30:6640 (60.6)26 (39.5)
    31-35:7739 (50.6)38 (49.4)
    36-40:10062 (62.0)38 (38.0)
    41-45:7961 (77.2)18 (22.78)
    46-50:7557 (76.0)18 (24.0)
    >50:205156 (76.1)49 (23.9)
    Nationality0.400
    Saudi: 635432 (68.0)203 (31.96)
    Non-Saudi: 2515 (60.0)10 (40.0)
    Aspirin sensitivity<0.001**
    Yes:6659 (89.4)7 (10.6)
    No:594388 (65.3)206 (34.7)
    Urticaria0.432
    Yes:95 (55.6)4 (44.4)
    No:651442 (67.9)209 (32.1)
    Asthma<0.001**
    Yes: 211170 (80.6)41 (19.4)
    No: 449277 (61.7)172 (38.3)
    Allergy<0.001**
    No allergy: 506320 (63.2)186 (36.8)
    Food allergy: 5241 (78.8)11 (21.2)
    Environmental: 12 allergy10 (83.3)2 (16.7)
    Medication allergy: 6455 (85.9)9 (14.1)
    Multiple allergy: 2621 (80.8)5 (19.2)
    AERD<0.001**
    Yes44 (95.7)2 (4.3)
    No403 (65.6)211 (34.4)

    Values are presented as number and percentages (%). Analysis was performed using Chi-square test of independence. CRwNP: chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps, CRS: chronic rhinosinusitis, AERD: aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease, **Significant at p<0.05

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