title: Epidemiologic factors and surgical outcomes in patients with nasal polyposis and asthma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the role of epidemiologic factors in surgical outcomes for patients with nasal polyposis (NP) and asthma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was prospectively collected on patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery over a 7-year period. Among patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with NP and asthma, surgical outcomes were analyzed according to gender and race.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with NP and asthma had significantly higher Lund-Kennedy and SNOT-20 scores--pre- and postoperatively--compared to CRS patients without NP or asthma. Both Caucasians and African-Americans in the CRS with NP/asthma group showed a statistically significant improvement at 6 months. Caucasians continued to have a significant improvement at 12 months, whereas African-Americans did not. There were no differences according to gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our patient population, African-Americans with NP and asthma had poorer outcomes following functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Ga., USA.
authors.forename: Carrie M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bush
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jason P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Champagne
authors.forename: Stilianos E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kountakis
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015981:Epidemiologic Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data