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Table 6 Comparison between UPSIT test result and perceived smell function in a study subgroup of 50 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

 

Minimal/no sense of smell (n = 11)

Improved sense of smell, not fully recovered (n = 9)

Fully recovered (n = 30)

Total anosmia

45.5% (5)

0%

0%

Severe microsmia

45.5% (5)

0%

0%

Moderate microsmia

9.0% (1)

77.8% (7)

0%

Mild microsmia

0%

11.1% (1)

16.7% (n = 5)

Normosmia

0%

11.1% (1)

83.3% (n = 25)

Spearman r

0.95

−0.63

−0.89