The concentrations of MMP‐2, MMP‐3, MMP‐7, MMP‐8, MMP‐9, MMP‐12, MMP‐13, TIMP‐1, TIMP‐2, TIMP‐3, TIMP‐4, periostin, and tenascin C in tissue homogenates of 51 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps and 15 control subjects were measured and were analyzed by adjusted logistic regression and spearman correlation test. This evidence concerns the gene MMP2 and Nasal polyposis.