Table 2.

Olfactory and gustatory functioning in cervical dystonia subjects and healthy controls

	CD subjects	Healthy controls	P value
Composite olfactory score	29.5 ± 5.7	33.9 ± 4.9	< 0.001
Odor threshold	5.8 ± 2.4	8.0 ± 3.2	0.001
Odor discrimination	12.0 ± 2.5	12.9 ± 1.8	0.097
Odor identification	11.7 ± 2.3	13.1 ± 1.3	0.001
Composite taste score	9.5 ± 2.2	11.7 ± 2.7	< 0.001

Values are mean ± SD

CD cervical dystonia, Composite olfactory score sum of odor threshold, odor discrimination and odor identification of the Sniffin Sticks test (Hummel et al. 1997), Composite taste score result of the Taste Strips test (Mueller et al. 2003), p-values as assessed with unpaired t test