Characteristic
Total (n=4813)
Paranasal sinusitis
Paranasal sinusitis
p-value
Yes (n=740) No (n=4073)
Mean age, years (SD) 53.1 (10.1) 54.1 (10) 52.9 (10.1) 0.002*
Male/Female, n/n 2368/2445 475/265 1893/2180 <0.001*
Mean body mass index, kg/m2 (SD) 23.6 (3.0) 23.9 (3.1) 23.6 (3.0) 0.011*
Smoking, n (%) 1056 (21.9) 238 (32.2) 818 (20.1) <0.001*
Alcohol consumption, n (%) 614 (12.8) 12 (17.0) 488 (12.0) <0.001*
Hypertension, n (%) 1205 (25.0) 212 (28.6) 993 (24.4) 0.014*
Diabetes, n (%) 346 (7.2) 59 (8.0) 287 (7.0) 0.369
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 378 (7.9) 67 (9.1) 311 (7.6) 0.187
Stroke, n (%) 141 (3.0) 31 (4.2) 31 (4.2) 0.027*
Coronary heart disease, n (%) 103 (2.1) 21 (2.8) 82 (2.0) 0.154
Myocardial infarction, n (%) 17 (0.4) 5 (0.7) 12 (0.3) 0.108
Arrhythmia, n (%) 90 (1.9) 18 (2.4) 72 (1.8) 0.219