Table 2.

Clinically recorded results with statistical assessment before and after treatment with topical sodium chloride and TSPP

	Sodium chloride			TSPP
	Population size clinical assessment results
	Pre administration	Post administration	p	Pre administration	Post administration	p
Population size with anosmia, n	32	32	1	32	6	0.024
Population size with hyposmia, n	0	0	1	0	26	0.024
Male population size with anosmia, n	14	14	1	12	4	0.001
Male population size with hyposmia, n	0	0	1	0	8	0.001
Female population size with anosmia, n	18	18	1	20	2	0.0001
Female population size with hyposmia,(n,%)	0	0	1	0	18	0.0001

	Measured Sniffin' Sticks TDI olfactory scores and measured calcium levels
	Pre administration	Post administration	t (2.03)	Pre administration	Post administration	t (2.03)
T score, mean ± SD	2.34 ± 0.48	2.43 ± 0.50	1.79	2.41 ± 0.49	3.55 ± 0.64	7.97
D score, mean ± SD	4.47 ± 0.42	4.45 ± 0.41	1.69	4.48 ± 0.43	6.50 ± 1.13	8.87
I score, mean ± SD	4.29 ± 0.44	4.38 ± 0.45	1.69	4.39 ± 0.44	6.78 ± 1.16	10.84
TDI score, mean ± SD	11.10 ± 0.99	11.26 ± 0.72	2.01	11.28 ± 0.79	16.83 ± 2.13	11.88
Nasal calcium concentration (mM), mean ± SD	37.68 ± 1.80	36.40 ± 1.46	1.69	37.63 ± 2.14	29.18 ± 4.65	10.13
Mean ∆TDI ± SD	0.23 ± 0.36			5.41 ± 2.52		11.25
Mean ∆ calcium concentration ± SD	1.28 ± 1.02			8.44 ± 4.71		8.39

The significant difference indicated by the bold values, values in the parenthesis are the theoretical t values