Table 2.

Association of recent nicotine product use correlates and the results of the smell and taste examinations, NHANES 2013–2014

	Smell examination						Taste examination
	Failed	Passed	Crude		Adjusteda		Failed	Passed	Crude		Adjusteda
	N	N	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	N	N	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Type of nicotine products used in the last 5 days
Use of smokeless nicotine products only or no use of nicotine products at all	461	2101	Ref		Ref		376	1906	Ref		Ref
Use of inhaled nicotine products with or without smokeless nicotine products	103	521	0.82	0.52–1.29	0.95	0.57–1.59	119	447	1.35	1.02–1.77	1.28	0.99–1.65
Cigarette use in the last 5 days
No	19	90	Ref		Ref		18	84	Ref		Ref
Yes	90	475	1.46	0.76–2.82	1.66	0.76–3.63	108	402	1.21	0.56–2.61	1.30	0.50–3.40
Regular brand is mentholated
No	46	268	Ref		Ref		30	222	Ref		Ref
Yes	20	133	0.68	0.25–1.87	0.57	0.22–1.49	34	104	1.12	0.59–2.14	1.12	0.55–2.30

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval. Weighted logistic regressions were used to determine point estimates. Estimates in bold indicate statistical significance.

^aAdjusted for age, gender and race/ethnicity.