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. 2026 Feb 24;24:137–144. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.c_2528

Table1.

Baseline population characteristics according to dysgeusia status

Variable

Total

No

Yes

P value

ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; BMI, body mass index; HEI, Healthy Eating Index-2015.IQR, interquartile range.

Age

median (IQR)

56.00 (48.00, 66.00)

56.00 (48.00, 66.00)

56.00 (50.00, 64.00)

0.78

BMI

median (IQR)

28.30 (24.90, 32.70)

28.20 (24.90, 32.50)

30.20 (25.80, 35.00)

< 0.01

HEI score

median (IQR)

52.29 (42.96, 62.51)

52.42 (43.11, 62.56)

49.76 (40.61, 60.56)

0.03

Sex, n (%)

< 0.01

female

3312 (52.65)

3052 (51.94)

260 (65.14)

male

3069 (47.35)

2922 (48.06)

147 (34.86)

Ethnicity, n (%)

< 0.01

Mexican

682 (5.87)

611 (0.62)

71 (10.32)

black

1538 (10.39)

1448 (10.30)

90 (11.86)

white

2738 (72.56)

2590 (73.06)

148 (63.89)

other

1423 (11.18)

1325 (11.02)

98 (13.94)

Education, n (%)

< 0.01

< 9th grade

659 (5.60)

588 (5.28)

71 (11.24)

9th–12th grade

2325 (32.32)

2157 (31.92)

168 (39.34)

>12th grade

3397 (62.08)

3229 (62.80)

168 (49.42)

Smoking, n (%)

0.48

no

3364 (52.22)

3160 (52.36)

204 (49.83)

yes

3017 (47.78)

2814 (47.64)

203 (50.17)

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

0.05

no

1019 (11.48)

950 (11.29)

69 (14.67)

yes

5362 (88.52)

5024 (88.71)

338 (85.33)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

< 0.01

no

4163 (71.02)

3946 (71.55)

217 (61.65)

PreDM

576 (0.24)

537 (9.29)

39 (8.37)

DM

1642 (19.74)

1491 (19.16)

151 (29.98)

Periodontitis, n (%)

0.01

no

2716 (54.12)

2556 (54.42)

160 (48.79)

mild

75 (1.54)

72 (1.60)

3 (0.46)

moderate

2879 (36.72)

2666 (36.23)

213 (45.31)

severe

711 (7.63)

680 (7.75)

31 (5.44)

Parkinson’s disease, n (%)

< 0.01

no

6288 (98.35)

5898 (98.48)

390 (96.13)

yes

93 (1.65)

76 (1.52)

17 (3.87)

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

0.01

no

1488 (22.05)

1415 (22.45)

73 (14.86)

yes

4893 (77.95)

4559 (77.55)

334 (85.14)

ASCVD, n (%)

< 0.01

no

5496 (88.08)

5177 (88.51)

319 (80.38)

yes

885 (11.92)

797 (11.49)

88 (19.62)

Hypertension, n (%)

< 0.01

no

2792 (48.54)

2665 (49.29)

127 (35.33)

yes

3589 (51.46)

3309 (50.71)

280 (64.67)

Depression, n (%)

< 0.01

no

5771 (91.71)

5490 (92.82)

281 (72.15)

yes

610 (8.29)

484 (7.18)

126 (27.85)