Table 2. Subjective assessment of smell and taste on a visual analog scale directly assessed by the patients themselves.

Assessment factor	CD patients	UC patients
Olfactory function *	79.7±26.2	80.3±18.0
Gustatory function *	80.4±24.5	79.3±18.5
Appetite **	69.0±29.1	82.9±19.9
Smelling of odors not present (phantosmia) **	1.8±8.6	10.3±18.5
Things that smell differently (parosmia) **	6.0±18.4	4.7±14.9
Food is sweetened more **	24.9±36.6	7.5±15.7
Mores salt is used **	24.6±31.9	11.4±16.4
Preference for fatty meals **	14.0±21.6	20.9±22.8
Preference for more bitter meals **	8.4±16.0	12.1±19.3

Values represent the mean ± SD on a visual analog scale assessed by the patients themselves.

^*score of 0 =  anosmia/ageusia; score of 100 =  hyperosmia/hypergeusia.

^**score of 0 =  nothing; score of 100 =  very good/much.