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Table 4 Statistically significant differences in percent area of TGF-β 1 expression in the submucosa, controls versus CRSwNP patients

From: Epithelium and stroma from nasal polyp mucosa exhibits inverse expression of TGF-β1 as compared with healthy nasal mucosa

Submucosa

  

Positive area (%)

 
 

CRSwNP

 

Control

Mean

23.24

 

5.88

95% CI

18.69–27.79

 

0.1173–11.64

Standard deviation

8.85

 

8.58

Minimum

11.87

 

0

Median

20.64

 

0

Maximun

44.06

 

22.56

Kolmogorov-Sminov test:

p = 0.41

 

p = 0.0003*

Mann-Whitney.

   
  

p = 0.03*