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. 2021 Oct 12;227(1):177–202. doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02397-3

Table 2.

MRI and psychophysical result of patients with anosmia with various etiology and healthy control group

Author Anosmia patients Healthy control Psychophysical, physiological tests and questionnaire and notes
Olfactory bulb volume (mm3) Olfactory sulcus depth Sniffin Sticks Score Olfactory bulb volume (mm3) Olfactory sulcus depth Sniffin Sticks Score
R L R L Total T D I R L R L Total T D I
Various etiology
(Chung et al. 2018) 15.3 3.1 6.7 5.5 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Goektas et al. 2009) 3.28 ± 4.29 2.8 ± 5.24 4.00 ± 2.61 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Fonteyn et al. 2014) 16.0 (15.4–16.7)

Sniffin’ Sticks

*Results are a combination of anosmia and hyposmia

(Rombaux et al. 2006b) 50.67 72.90

Sniffin’ Sticks

*Results are a combination of all participants

(Mueller et al. 2005)

Trauma = 52.2

RVI = 57.5

Trauma = 54.5

RVI = 58.5

Trauma = 11.3

RVI = 18.4

93.5 91.6 31.6

Sniffin’ Sticks

*Results are a combination of anosmia and hyposmia

(Bitter et al. 2010b) 10.2 ± 2.7 14.9 ± 1.3 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Peng et al. 2013)

T&T score

 > 5.5

T&T score

− 1.0–1.2

Toyota and Takagi olfactometry
(Rombaux et al. 2012)

Trauma = 50.30

PIOD = 67.56

Trauma = 17.3

PIOD = 20.6

Sniffin’ Sticks
Ideopathic olfactory loss
(Liu et al. 2018) 31.94 ± 3.33 31.68 ± 3.24 14.16 ± 5.42

Sniffin’ Sticks

Toyota and Takagi olfactometry

(Rombaux et al. 2010a) 26.90 26.5 8.80 8.90 14.50 2.60 5.90 6.00 37.90 36.60 9.10 8.70 30.40 7.40 10.50 12.60 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Yao et al. 2014)

9.4 ± 3.6

T&T: 5.8 ± 0.2

29.9 ± 1.3

T&T: 0.6 ± 0.4

Sniffin’ Sticks

Toyota and Takagi olfactometry

Upper respiratory tract infection
(Yao et al. 2018) 4.80 ± 2.40

Sniffin’ Sticks

Toyota and Takagi olfactometry

(Rombaux et al. 2006a) 29.20 ± 7.2 26.90 ± 5.8 9.50 ± 1.9 8.60 ± 2.0 17.50 ± 5.20 4.1 ± 2.1 6.6 ± 2.1 6.8 ± 2.7

Sniffin’ Sticks

*Results are a combination of anosmia and hyposmia

(Rombaux et al. 2009a) 49.20 ± 20.1 18.50 ± 6.8 3.1 ± 1.9 7.7 ± 3.1 7.6 ± 2.3

Sniffin’ Sticks

*Results are a combination of anosmia and hyposmia

Congenital anosmia
(Karstensen et al. 2018) 19.74 ± 21.16 21.15 ± 23.83 4.20 ± 3.25 3.33 ± 3.34 15.43 ± 4.99 2.43 ± 2.06 7.23 ± 2.38 5.71 ± 2.20 56.45 ± 21.51 59.41 ± 21.18 6.89 ± 2.42 6.63 ± 2.31 31.59 ± 4.80 8.09 ± 2.36 12.38 ± 2.23 11.13 ± 2.13 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Yousem et al. 1996b)

UPSIT score

L: 5.2, R: 5.2, and total: 10.5

UPSIT score

L: 18.5, R: 18.1, and total: 36.6

UPSIT
(Huart et al. 2011) 5.50 ± 3.40 5.30 ± 3.40 13.40 ± 4.10 12.40 ± 3.40 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Abolmaali et al. 2002) 6.40 ± 3.40 5.00 ± 1.40 8.90 ± 1.40 8.80 ± 1.50 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Peter et al. 2020) 5.8 (3.6) 4.9(3.3) 10.9 (2.3) 1.2 (0.5) 4.9 (1.6) 4.8 (1.5) 8.8 (2.3) 8.6 (2.3) 35.4 (3.8) 8.7 (3.2) 13.5 (1.6) 13.4 (1.3) Sniffin’ Sticks
Traumatic brain injury
(Han et al. 2018) 11.3 ± 2.70 1.1 ± 0.30 6.3 ± 2.30 3.9 ± 1.60 33.8 ± 3.10 7.8 ± 2.20 12.4 ± 1.70 13.6 ± 1.30 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Miao et al. 2015) 27.41 ± 8.66 29.75 ± 9.07 8.18 ± 1.18 4.48 ± 1.45 5.38 ± 2.826 51.58 ± 16.93 49.95 ± 15.79 7.45 ± 1.34 6.70 ± 1.36 32.05 ± 2.89 Sniffin’ Sticks
(Rombaux et al. 2006b) 19.20 ± 9.1 17.6 ± 9.7 12.00 ± 5.8 2.52 ± 1.5 4.96 ± 2.30 4.64 ± 2.90

Sniffin’ Sticks

*Results are a combination of anosmia and hyposmia

(Jiang et al. 2009b) 45.2 46.3 59.7 66.0 Phenyl ethyl alcohol (PEA) *odour detection threshold
(Doty et al. 1997)

UPSIT score:

Back of the head: 15.38 ± 7.96

Side of the head: 16.31 ± 9.99

Front of the head: 19.90 ± 10.67

UPSIT

L left, R right, HC healthy control, OFC orbital frontal cortex, Pt. patient, OB olfactory bulb, TDI score Threshold-Discrimination-Identification score, T threshold, D discrimination, I identification, OD olfactory dysfunction, IOL idiopathic olfactory loss, RVI respiratory viral infection, UPSIT University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test,

*Variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation unless mentioned