Table 2.

Indications for Nasolaryngoscopy (n = 276)

	Age (years)			Sex			Race			Alcohol Use			Tobacco Use
	<50	≥50	P^*	Female	Male	P	Black	White	P	None	Ever	P	None	Ever	P
Symptoms
Chronic cough	17 (14.2)	30 (19.9)	.22	38 (19.4)	9 (11.4)	.11	18 (15.0)	22 (17.7)	.56	34 (18.9)	12 (14.0)	0.32	30 (18.1)	17 (16.3)	.72
Globus sensation	41 (34.2)	47 (31.1)	.60	65 (33.2)	23 (29.1)	.52	33 (27.5)	47 (37.9)	.08	54 (30.0)	32 (37.2)	0.24	55 (33.1)	31 (29.8)	.57
Hoarseness	59 (49.2)	81 (53.6)	.46	103 (52.6)	38 (48.1)	.50	65 (52.4)	62 (51.7)	.91	93 (51.7)	44 (51.2)	0.94	81 (48.8)	58 (55.8)	.26
Reflux	6 (5.0)	9 (6.0)	.73	13 (6.6)	2 (2.5)	.18	10 (4.1)	4 (3.2)	.09	10 (5.6)	5 (5.8)	0.93	9 (5.4)	6 (5.8)	.91
Sore throat	17 (14.2)	13 (8.6)	.15	24 (12.2)	6 (7.6)	.26	14 (11.3)	12 (10.0)	.74	23 (12.8)	6 (20.7)	0.16	21 (12.7)	8 (7.7)	.20
Diagnoses
Chronic rhinitis	24 (20.0)	13 (8.6)	.007	24 (12.2)	13 (16.5)	.35	19 (15.8)	14 (11.3)	.30	27 (15.0)	9 (10.5)	0.31	26 (15.7)	10 (9.6)	.16
Chronic sinusitis	11 (9.2)	4 (2.6)	.02	11 (5.6)	4 (5.1)	.86	8 (6.7)	5 (4.0)	.36	9 (5.0)	3 (3.5)	0.58	11 (5.5)	3 (4.3)	.69
Dysphagia	4 (3.3)	13 (8.6)	.08	10 (5.1)	7 (8.9)	.24	7 (5.8)	10 (8.1)	.49	6 (3.3)	11 (12.8)	0.003	7 (4.2)	10 (9.6)	.08
Epistaxis	5 (4.2)	10 (6.6)	.38	12 (6.1)	6 (7.6)	.66	9 (7.5)	8 (6.5)	.75	9 (5.0)	8 (9.3)	0.18	12 (7.2)	6 (5.8)	.64
Hemoptysis	2 (1.7)	1 (0.7)	.43	2 (1.0)	1 (1.3)	.86	2 (1.7)	0 (0.0)	.15	3 (1.7)	0 (0.0)	0.23	3 (1.8)	0 (0.0)	.17
History of vocal cord polyp	1 (0.8)	7 (4.6)	.07	5 (2.6)	3 (3.8)	.58	3 (2.5)	2 (1.6)	.63	5 (2.8)	2 (2.3)	0.83	1 (0.6)	7 (6.7)	.004

Values provided as n (%). Note that denominator numbers may vary slightly from numbers listed in Table 1 because of missing data for that particular analysis.
* χ² analyses for other demographics.