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Table 2 Loss of smell and/or taste in SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM positive and negative participants

From: 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

 

SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM positive (n = 381)

SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM negative (n = 86)

p-value (0.05)

Sense of smell

Loss of sense of smell (complete and partial)

93.7% (n = 358)

79.1% (n = 68)

< 0.001

 Partial loss of smell

25.7% (n = 92)

47.1% (n = 32)

< 0.001

 Complete loss of smell

74.3% (n = 266)

52.9% (n = 36)

Parosmia (distorted sense of smell)

29.7% (n = 113)

22.1% (n = 19)

0.159

Sense of taste

Loss of sense of taste (complete and partial)

89.8% (n = 342)

88.4% (n = 76)

0.704

 Partial loss of taste

54.1% (n = 185)

69.7% (n = 53)

0.013

 Complete loss of taste

45.9% (n = 157)

30.3% (n = 23)

Dysgeusia (distorted sense of taste)

43.8% (n = 167)

36% (n = 31)

0.187

Experience of taste without eating/drinking

19.9% (n = 76)

23.3% (n = 20)

0.492

Only loss of smell

10% (n = 38)

11.6% (n = 10)

0.649

Only loss of taste

6.3% (n = 24)

20.9% (n = 18)

< 0.001

Loss of sense of smell and taste (partial and complete)

83.7% (n = 319)

67.4% (n = 58)

< 0.001