Distorted chemosensory perception and female sex associate with persistent smell and/or taste loss in people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a community based cohort study investigating clinical course and resolution of acute smell and/or taste loss in people with and without SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in London, UK

Table 1 Demographics of participants followed up after 4–6 weeks with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Demographics	SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM positive (n = 381)	SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM negative (n = 86)	p-value (0.05)
Gender
Female	70.9% (n = 270)	66.3% (n = 57)	0.382
Male	28.8% (n = 110)	33.7% (n = 29)	0.382
Other	0.3% (n = 1)	0	0.450
Age (years)	39.67 ± 12.12	40.25 ± 12.33	0.689
Ethnicity ^a
White	83.7% (n = 319)	81.4% (n = 70)	0.600
Mixed/Multiple Ethnicities	5.5% (n = 21)	4.7% (n = 4)	0.749
Asian/Asian British	5% (n = 19)	4.7% (n = 4)	0.897
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British	1.6% (n = 6)	2.3% (n = 2)	0.628
‘Other’	3.7% (n = 14)	3.5% (n = 3)	0.933
Smoking status
Current/ Ex-smoker	42% (n = 160)	44.2% (n = 38)	0.710
Never smoked	58% (n = 221)	55.8% (n = 48)	0.710

Figures presented as % with total number (n). SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
^a5 participants opted not to disclose their ethnicity

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