Table 3.

The relation between tastes thresholds and some disorders according to Pearson’s chi-square analysis. The significant value indicated with an asterisk

	Dry mouth		Dry eyes		Dizziness		Headache		Earache		Eye ache		Smell Qualitative
	Cramer’s V	P value	Cramer’s V	P Value	Cramer’s V	P Value	Cramer’s V	P value	Cramer’s V	P value	Cramer’s V	P value	Cramer’s V	P value
Sweet	0.478	0.007∗	0.251	0.326	0.251	0.326	0.524	0.002∗	0.327	0.117	0.225	0.577	0.552	0.001∗
Salty	0.218	0.113	0.218	0.235	0.160	0.235	0.004	0.979	–0.097	0.471	–0.239	0.136	0.331	0.015∗
Sour	0.505	0.009∗	0.294	0.313	0.294	0.313	0.572	0.001∗	0.436	0.033∗	0.258	0.629	0.494	0.01∗
Bitter	0.486	0.014∗	0.239	0.553	0.235	0.553	0.553	0.002∗	0.415	0.05∗	0.271	0.581	0.388	0.088∗

The Cramer's Value interpreted as a measure of the strength of an association between two variables and the coefficient ranges from 0 to 1