Table 2.

Random-effect estimate of age group on COVID-19 taste loss prevalence using generalized linear mixed models.

Age Category	k	Proportion	95%-CI	Q	I2	Tau2
Adolescent	9	0.12	0.06–0.20	382.58	97.90%	0.828
Young Adults	20	0.32	0.1984–0.4640	1482.59	98.70%	1.961
Middle Age	118	0.44	0.3864–0.4954	10517.56	98.90%	1.4649
Eldery	8	0.18	0.0803–0.3570	193.64	96.40%	1.6031
Older	55	0.35	0.2882–0.4067	1522.64	96.50%	0.9307