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 4 Resolution of loss of smell, loss of taste and combined loss of smell and taste in female vs. male participants with SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM antibodies

	Female (N = 270)	Male (N = 110)	p-value (0.05)
Smell loss resolution
Full resolution	51.4% (n = 130)	72.8% (n = 75)	*< 0.001*
No/partial resolution	48.6% (n = 123)	27.1% (n = 28)	*< 0.001*
Taste loss resolution
Full resolution	60.1% (n = 146)	80.8% (n = 80)	*< 0.001*
No/partial resolution	39.9% (n = 97)	19.2% (n = 19)	*< 0.001*
Combined smell and taste loss resolution
Full resolution	45.1% (n = 102)	69.6% (n = 64)	*< 0.001*
No/partial resolution	54.9% (n = 124)	30.4% (n = 28)	*< 0.001*

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