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Table 3. Results of correlation analyses between olfactory scores and HF parameters.

NYHA OT OD OI TDI
r p r p r p r p r p
OT -0.632 < 0.001
OD -0.617 < 0.001 0.583 < 0.001
OI -0.727 < 0.001 0.821 < 0.001 0.621 < 0.001
TDI -0.769 < 0.001 0.875 < 0.001 0.737 < 0.001 0.936 < 0.001
LVEF -0.742 < 0.001 0.734 < 0.001 0.793 < 0.001 0.859 < 0.001 0.902 < 0.001
sPAP 0.290 0.070 -0.286 0.074 -0.402 0.010 -0.323 0.042 -0.380 0.016

HF, heart failure; NYHA, New York Heart Association; OD, odour discrimination; OI, odour identification; OT, odour threshold; sPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; TDI, threshold-discrimination-identification.