Table 1.
Sensory, clinical, and anthropometric parameters of healthy controls and patients with chemosensory loss.
| Features | Healthy Controls (n = 102) |
Patients with Chemosensory Loss (n = 51) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numerical type | |||
| astring_low_int | 2.24 ± 1.32 | 0.84 ± 1.10 * | <0.0001 |
| bitter_low_int | 2.40 ± 1.49 | 1.06 ± 1.26 * | <0.0001 |
| hot_low_int | 2.04 ± 1.30 | 0.84 ± 1.24 * | <0.0001 |
| salty_low_int | 3.03 ± 1.07 | 1.92 ± 1.18 * | <0.0001 |
| astring_high_int | 3.53 ± 1.09 | 2.43 ± 1.43 * | <0.0001 |
| score_lowhigh_capsadstr1 | 9.37 ± 1.92 | 7.18 ± 2.47 * | <0.0001 |
| sour_high_int | 3.90 ± 0.85 | 3.27 ± 1.05 * | 0.0001 |
| sweet_low_int | 1.99 ± 1.18 | 1.22 ± 1.14 * | 0.0002 |
| sweet_high_int | 3.58 ± 0.89 | 2.90 ± 1.38 * | 0.0003 |
| sour low int | 1.37 ± 1.22 | 0.68 ± 0.97 * | 0.0006 |
| bitter_high_int | 3.15 ± 1.43 | 2.57 ± 1.43 | 0.018 |
| hot_high_int | 3.54 ± 1.16 | 3.04 ± 1.33 | 0.018 |
| salty_high_int | 3.79 ± 0.89 | 3.45 ± 1.27 | 0.054 |
| depression | 17.15 ± 3.62 | 14.14 ± 5.18 * | <0.0001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.66 ± 4.02 | 25.61 ± 5.55 | 0.014 |
| Age (y) | 36.70 ± 14.43 | 40.45 ± 12.62 | 0.116 |
| Categorial type | |||
| astring_low_taste_correct/non (n) | 78/24 | 15/36 # | <0.0001 |
| astring_high_taste_correct/non (n) | 86/16 | 24/27 # | <0.0001 |
| hot_low_taste_correct/non (n) | 77/25 | 18/33 # | <0.0001 |
| salty_low_taste_correct/non (n) | 87/15 | 33/18 # | 0.0039 |
| sour_high_taste_correct/non (n) | 93/9 | 36/15 # | 0.0014 |
| bitter_low_taste_correct/non (n) | 63/39 | 22/29 # | 0.0221 |
| sweet_high_taste_correct/non (n) | 100/2 | 46/5 # | 0.0415 |
| sour_low_taste_correct/non (n) | 32/70 | 10/41 | 0.0877 |
| sweet_low_taste_correct/non (n) | 72/30 | 32/19 | 0.2122 |
| hot_high_taste_correct/non (n) | 97/5 | 46/5 | 0.2061 |
| bitter_high_taste_correct/non (n) | 77/25 | 39/12 | 0.531 |
| salty_high_taste_correct/non (n) | 90/12 | 45/6 | 0.596 |
| Like_to_eat_spicy/non (n) | 66/36 | 23/28 # | 0.016 |
| sex_f1_m2 (women/men; n) | 65/37 | 36/15 | 0.255 |
Values are means ± SD, or number of correct answers, or number of subjects. Body mass index, BMI; significant differences in mean values between healthy controls and patients with chemosensory loss are indicated by * (p ≤ 0.0006; T test adjusted by Bonferroni correction), while differences in frequency distribution are indicated by # (p < 0.041; Fisher’s method).