Table 2.
Detailed representation of demographic data.
| Descriptive Characteristics | Total Participants (n = 202) |
Descriptive Characteristics | Total Participants (n = 202) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | Trigeminal nerve smell status, n (%) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 37.04 (11.82) | Anosmia | 6 (02.97) |
| Min–max | 18–65 | Severe hyposmia | 55 (27.23) |
| Height in cms | Moderate hyposmia | 56 (27.72) | |
| Mean (SD) | 165.78 (07.27) | Mild hyposmia | 27 (13.37) |
| Min–max | 150–190 | Normosmia | 58 (28.71) |
| Weight in kgs | Sweet taste status, n (%) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 68.22 (15.47) | Ageusia/Severe hypogeusia | 3 (01.49) |
| Min–max | 41–134 | Moderate hypogeusia | 8 (03.96) |
| BMI | Mild hypogeusia | 90 (44.55) | |
| Mean (SD) | 24.75 (5.11) | Normogeusia | 101 (50.00) |
| Min–max | 16.13–50.43 | Salty taste status, n (%) | |
| Sex, n (%) | Ageusia/Severe hypogeusia | 6 (02.97) | |
| Male | 51 (25.25) | Moderate hypogeusia | 12 (05.94) |
| Female | 151 (74.75) | Mild hypogeusia | 32 (15.84) |
| Olfactory nerve smell status, n (%) | Normogeusia | 152 (75.25) | |
| Anosmia | 5 (02.48) | Sour taste status, n (%) | |
| Severe hyposmia | 11 (05.45) | Ageusia/Severe hypogeusia | 2 (00.99) |
| Moderate hyposmia | 12 (05.94) | Moderate hypogeusia | 6 (02.97) |
| Mild hyposmia | 34 (16.83) | Mild hypogeusia | 33 (16.34) |
| Normosmia | 140 (69.31) | Normogeusia | 161 (79.70) |
| Date difference (Visit—Onset of symptoms) | Bitter taste status, n (%) | ||
| Early (<130 days), n (%) | 100 (49.50) | Ageusia/Severe hypogeusia | 27 (13.37) |
| Late (>130 days), n (%) | 102 (50.50) | Moderate hypogeusia | 21 (10.40) |
| Severity of disease, n (%) | Mild hypogeusia | 43 (21.29) | |
| Mild | 182 (90.1) | Normogeusia | 111 (54.95) |
| Moderate | 11 (5.4) | ||
| Severe | 9 (4.5) |