Table 5.
Factors associated with taste disorder among COVID-19 patients admitted to National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) from 24 March 2020 to 16 April 2020
| Factors | Total (n = 1065) | Taste disorder | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent (n = 1016) | Present (n = 49) | |||
| Demographics | ||||
| Age (years) | 34 (28–42 | 34 (28–42) | 31 (26.5–41.5) | 0.293 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 132 (100) | 113 (85.6) | 19 (14.39) | < 0.001 |
| Male | 933 (100) | 903 (96.78) | 30 (3.21) | |
| Race | < 0.001 | |||
| Chinese | 154 (100) | 140 (90.9) | 14 (9.09) | |
| Indian | 221 (100) | 214 (96.83) | 7 (3.16) | |
| Malay | 47 (100) | 41 (87.23) | 6 (12.76) | |
| South East Asian | 40 (100) | 36 (90) | 4 (10) | |
| Bangladeshi | 568 (100) | 555 (97.71) | 13 (2.28) | |
| Caucasian | 27 (100) | 22 (81.48) | 5 (18.51) | |
| Others | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Associataed symptoms | ||||
| Blocked nose | ||||
| Yes | 69 (100) | 58 (84.05) | 11 (15.94) | < 0.001 |
| No | 995 (100) | 957 (96.18) | 38 (3.81) | |
| Runny nose | ||||
| Yes | 193 (100) | 178 (92.22) | 15 (7.77) | 0.034 |
| No | 871 (100) | 837 (96.09) | 34 (3.9) | |
| Cough | ||||
| Yes | 624 (100) | 597 (95.67) | 27 (4.32) | 0.657 |
| No | 441 (100) | 419 (95.01) | 22 (4.98) | |
| Sore throat | ||||
| Yes | 388 (100) | 373 (96.13) | 15 (3.86) | 0.449 |
| No | 677 (100) | 643 (94.97) | 34 (5.02) | |
| Fever | ||||
| Yes | 818 (100) | 791 (96.69) | 27 (3.3) | 0.001 |
| No | 246 (100) | 224 (91.05) | 22 (8.94) | |
| Diarrhoea | ||||
| Yes | 71 (100) | 66 (92.95) | 5 (7.04) | 0.370 |
| No | 993 (100) | 949 (95.56) | 44 (4.43) | |
| Other symptoms | ||||
| Yes | 442 (100) | 428 (96.83) | 14 (3.16) | 0.074 |
| No | 622 (100) | 587 (94.37) | 35 (5.62) | |
Frequency (%) shown for categorical variables and median (interquartile range) shown for continuous variables
Bold values indicate that the statistically significant