Table 4. Relationships between persistent smell disorders and demographic characteristics of participants (n=429).
The data are presented as frequencies (N) and proportions (%); the P-value was considered significant at the P<0.05 level; χ2: chi-squared test.
| Variables | Category | Total | Persistent smell disorders | χ2 | P-value | |
| Yes N (%) | No N (%) | |||||
| Gender | Male | 175 | 84 (48) | 91 (52) | 2.5977 | 0.1070 |
| Female | 254 | 142 (55.9) | 112 (44.1) | |||
| Age | 18-29 | 294 | 150 (51) | 144 (49) | 3.2626 | 0.5149 |
| 30-39 | 48 | 29 (60.4) | 19 (39.6) | |||
| 40-49 | 45 | 25 (55.6) | 20 (44.4) | |||
| 50-59 | 32 | 15 (46.9) | 17 (53.1) | |||
| 60 and above | 10 | 7 (70) | 3 (30) | |||
| Nationality | Saudi | 406 | 212 (52.2) | 194 (47.8) | 0.6538 | 0.4188 |
| Non-Saudi | 23 | 14 (60.9) | 9 (39.1) | |||