Comparative study of the clinical profile of chronic dacryocystitis and chronic rhinosinusitis after external dacryocystorhinostomy

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic data (age, age group, gender, and ethnicity)

	Rhinosinusities						p-Value
	Total samples		Group I:		Group II:
	n (78)	%	n (22)	%	n (56)	%
Age – years old (mean ± SD)	64.3±19.7		59.8±4.4		60.1±14.7		0.47^§
Age group
19–59 years-old	20	25.5	5	22.7	15	26.7	0.93^£
≥60 years-old	58	74.3	17	77.2	41	73.2
Ethnicity
Black	22	28.2	6	27.2	16	28.5	0.77^£
White	55	70.5	16	72.7	39	69.6
Other	1	1.2	0	0	1	1.7
Gender
Female	50	64.1	17	77.2	33	58.9	0.38^£
Male	28	35.8	5	22.7	23	41.1

Notes: p-value – statistical significance, § – Student t-test, £ – chi-squared statistical test with Yates correction.

Abbreviations: n, patient’s number; %, percentage; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Signs, symptoms, and other CDC features

		Total samples		Rhinosinusities				p-Value
				Group I:		Group II:
		n (78)	%	n (22)	%	n (56)	%
Epiphora
Present	66		84.6	20	90.9	46	80.3	0.61^£
Absent	12		15.3	2	9.1	10	17.8
Digital expression of lacrimal sac
Positive	57		73.1	17	77.2	40	71.4	0.44^£
Negative	21		26.9	5	22.7	16	28.5
Exacerbation of the CDC
Present	10		12.8	6	27.2	4	7.1	0.04^£
Absent	68		87.1	16	72.7	52	92.8
Duration of the CDC
(mean ± SD in years)	3.4±2.1			3.9±2.2		3.5±1.9			0.53^§

Notes: p-value – statistical significance, § – Student t test, £ – chi-squared statistical test with Yates correction.

Abbreviations: n, patient’s number; %, percentage; SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Specific rhinosinusopathies and CDC features

Rhinitis & rhinosinusitis	Total samples	Epiphora	Digital expression of lacrimal sac	Exacerbation of the iCDC
	n=22 (%)	n=20 (%)	n=17 (%)	n=6 (%)
Chronic rhinosinusities (involving maxillary sinus)	14 (63.5)	13 (65)	11 (64.7)	4 (66.7)
Chronic rhinitis	8 (36.5)	7 (35)	6 (35.3)	2 (33.3)

Abbreviations: n, patient’s number, %, percentage.