. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 17.

Published in final edited form as: Rhinology. 2011 Aug;49(3):324–330. doi: 10.4193/rhino10.155

Table 1.

Participant characteristics (total population).

Sex (m / f)	1455 / 1550
Age (range / mean / SD)	57–85 / 69.3 / 7.9
Taste ID scores (range / mean / SD)	0–4 / 2.7 / 1.1
Odour ID scores (range / mean / SD)	0–5 / 4.1 / 1.0
BMI (range / mean / SD)	14.1–75.6 / 29.1 / 6.3
CES-D score (depressive symptoms; range / mean / SD)	0–32 / 5.6 / 5.2
Number of medications taken (range / mean / SD)	0–20 / 5.2 / 3.9
Education (<hs / hs, equiv / vc, assoc / bchl)	699 / 793 / 856 / 657

ID = identification; < hs = less than highschool; hs, equiv = highschool diploma/equivalency; vc, assoc = associate’s (2-year college) or post-HS vocational certificate; bchl = bachelor’s (4-year college) degree or more