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Table 9 Factors associated with complete recovery of smell/taste in COVID-19 patients

From: Prevalence and outcomes of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in hospitalized SARS-CoV-2-infected patients

Variable

No or partial improvement (n = 116)

Complete recovery (n = 177)

p-value†

n

%

N

%

Female sex

72

62.1%

111

62.7%

0.912

Age > 50 years

51

44.0%

53

29.9%

0.014

Smoking

8

6.9%

31

17.5%

0.009

Chronic pulmonary disease

18

15.5%

22

12.4%

0.452

Heart disease

29

25.0%

25

14.1%

0.019

DM

0

0.0%

6

3.4%

0.085‡

General symptoms

111

95.7%

158

89.3%

0.050

Nasal symptoms

41

35.3%

44

24.9%

0.053

  1. Data are numbers (n) and percentages (%)
  2. †Pearson chi-squared test unless otherwise specified
  3. ‡Fisher’s exact test