Table 4.

Enjoyment of food and dietary choices by olfactory impairment

Enjoyment of food	Olfaction impaired?
	Non (%)	Yes n (%)	P value
Do foods taste as good as when you were younger?
No	312 (11.5)	23 (21.5)	0.002
Yes	2403 (88.5)	84 (78.5)
Do you experience other food flavors the same as you used to?
No	113 (4.1)	19 (17.8)	<0.0001
Yes	2608 (95.9)	88 (82.2)
Dietary choices
Servings of vegetables
<1 per day	1324 (48.6)	63 (57.8)	0.59
1 or more per day	1401 (51.4)	46 (42.2)
Servings of fruit
<1 per day	1411 (51.8)	63 (57.8)	0.22
1 or more per day	1314 (48.2)	46 (42.2)
Add salt
<Once per day	2040 (74.9)	73 (67.6)	0.09
Once per day or more	685 (25.1)	35 (32.4)
Add sugar
<Once per day	2285 (83.9)	97 (89.0)	0.15
Once per day or more	440 (16.2)	12 (11.0)