Table 5.
Logistic regression and crosstabs analysis of the correlations between the presence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions at each observation time or comorbidities and the need for hospitalization
| Observation time |
In-patient N° of patients (%) |
Out-patients N° of patients (%) |
Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval for odds ratio | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower limit | Upper limit | |||||
| Hospitalization / Olfactory dysfunction | ||||||
| T0 | ||||||
| Dysfunction group | 18 (26.9%) | 49 (73.1%) | 0.827 | 0.347 | 1.970 | 0.66 |
| Normal group | 12 (30.8%) | 27 (69.2%) | ||||
| T1 | ||||||
| Dysfunction group | 18 (31%) | 40 (69%) | 1.350 | 0.572 | 3.184 | 0.52 |
| Normal group | 12 (25%) | 36 (75%) | ||||
| T2 | ||||||
| Dysfunction group | 15 (48.4%) | 16 (51.6%) | 3.750 | 1.519 | 9.256 | 0.005 |
| Normal group | 15 (20%) | 60 (80%) | ||||
| Hospitalization / Gustatory dysfunction | ||||||
| T0 | ||||||
| Dysfunction group | 23 (32.4%) | 48 (67.6%) | 1.917 | 0.730 | 5.036 | 0.25 |
| Normal group | 7 (20%) | 28 (80%) | ||||
| T1 | ||||||
| Dysfunction group | 8 (27.6%) | 21 (72.4%) | 0.952 | 0.367 | 2.469 | > 0.99 |
| Normal group | 22 (28.6%) | 55 (71.4%) | ||||
| T2 | ||||||
| Dysfunction group | 5 (41.7%) | 7 (58.3%) | 1.971 | 0.573 | 6.782 | 0.31 |
| Normal group | 25 (26.6%) | 69 (73.4%) | ||||
| Hospitalization / Comorbidities | ||||||
| Yes | 16 (50%) | 16 (50%) | 4.286 | 1.734 | 10.591 | 0.002 |
| No | 14 (18.9%) | 60 (81.1%) | ||||