Table 3 Factors affecting the time to recovery of taste and smell dysfunction (only statistically significant factors are shown)
Recovery of loss of sense of taste and smell (no of patients) n=56 | Recovery of loss of sense of taste and smell (mean days) (min-max, 5–60) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of recovered patients | 31 (55%) | 28.8 | |
Comorbidities | 0.043 | ||
Present | 36 | 24.5 | |
Absent | 18 | 33.5 | |
Fever | 0.031 | ||
Present | 24 | 21.9 | |
Absent | 30 | 34.3 | |
Shortness of breath | 0.034 | ||
Present | 26 | 34.6 | |
Absent | 28 | 22.5 | |
Hospitalized patients | 15 | 18.8 | 0.028 |
Outpatients | 39 | 32.6 |