Table 3.
Recovery from loss of olfaction in patients tested for COVID-19.
| Recovery from sudden olfactory dysfunction (n = 174) | COVID-19 test |
p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (n = 137) | Negative (n = 37) | |||||
| Full recovery | n and % | 72 | 52.6 | 26 | 70.3 | 0.05a |
| Partial recovery | n and % | 46 | 33.6 | 10 | 27.0 | |
| No recovery | n and % | 19 | 13.9 | 1 | 2.7 | |
| Time to full recovery | Med and IQR | 15 | 10–21 | 10 | 8–12.75 | 0.0006a |
n, number; %, percentage; Med, median; IQR, interquartile range.
Statistical significance.