Predictive Values of Serum IL-33 and sST2 in Endotypes and Postoperative Recurrence of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps

Table 3

Association between serum IL-33 and ST2 levels and clinical parameters in CRSwNP patients.

Variable	Serum IL-33 level		Serum ST2 level
		value		value
Age	-0.212	0.879	-0.187	0.792
BMI	0.102	0.549	0.092	0.568
B-EOS count (10^6/L)	0.417	0.006	0.489	0.002
B-EOS percentage (%)	0.389	0.027	0.402	0.009
Lund-Mackay score	0.187	0.613	0.192	0.598
Lund-Kennedy score	0.078	0.914	0.067	0.896
VAS score	0.193	0.734	0.217	0.698
T-EOS count	0.612	<0.001	0.594	<0.001
T-EOS percentage (%)	0.656	<0.001	0.702	<0.001
Serum IL-33 level (pg/mL)	—	—	0.793	<0.001
Serum ST2 level (ng/mL)	0.793	<0.001	—	—

ST2: suppressor of tumorigenicity 2; CRSwNP: chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; BMI: body mass index; B-EOS: blood eosinophil; VAS: visual analogue scale; T-EOS: tissue eosinophil.