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. 2020 May 25;86(4):490–496. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2020.05.001

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.

a

Statistical significance.