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Study Year LOE Study design Study groups Clinical endpoint Conclusion patients had increase symptom scores and serum inflammatory markers. Prevalence of CRSwNP in allergic or non-allergic patients series

No difference between allergic and non allergic patients.

Postoperative course, recurrence No difference between allergic and non allergic patients. Polyp size, symptom scores, recurrence

No difference between allergic and non allergic patients.

Endoscopy, CT scores No difference between allergic and non allergic patients.

Pearlman et al. 1859 2009 4 Prospective case series CRSwNP with or without allergy (n = 40)

Bonfils & Malinvaud 1879 2008 4 Prospective case series CRSwNP with or without allergy (n = 63) Erbek et al. 1880 2007 4 Retrospective case

CRSwNP with or without allergy (n = 83)

Bonfils et al. 1881 2006 4 Prospective case series CRSwNP with or without allergy (n = 180)

AR = allergic rhinitis; CRSsNP = chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyposis; CRSwNP = chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis; CT computed tomography; LOE = level of evidence.

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol . Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 June 10.