Table 6.

Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients with/without Taste Disorder.

Characteristics	Presence of taste disorder group (n=92)c		Absence of taste disorder group (n=135)		p value
	Number	%	Number	%
Age, years	47.78±17.35		52.85±19.34		0.04c
Sex
Male	46	50.0	90	66.7	0.01a
Female	46	50.0	45	33.3
History
Non-smoker	48	52.8	74	54.8	0.79a
Comorbidities (any)	55	59.8	94	69.6	0.15a
Symptoms
Feverd	88	95.7	116	87.2	0.04a
Smell disorder	69	75.0	19	14.0	<0.0001a
Findings
Pneumoniae	63	73.26	97	75.19	0.75a
Outcomes
Death	1	1.1	8	5.93	0.09a
Disease severity
Mild	28	30.4	29	21.5	0.015b
Moderate I	51	55.4	51	37.8
Moderate II	10	10.9	33	24.4
Severe	3	3.3	16	11.9
Laboratory values
White blood cell count, cells/μL	5,173±2,073		5,766±3,045		0.10c
Neutrophil count, cells/μL	3,501±2,064		4,140±2,861		0.07c
Lymphocyte count, cells/μL	1,141±514.8		1031±533.3		0.13c
NLR	4.151±4.283		5.960±9.139		0.08c
Ferritin, ng/mL	459.7±555.1		595.7±705.3		0.13c
C-reactive protein, mg/dL	2.962±4.414		4.136±5.004		0.07c
Lactate dehydrogenase, IU/L	240.9±117.9		286.7±205.5		0.055c
Type of taste disorder
Hypogeusia/ageusia	76 (82.6)f
Hypersensitivity	23 (25.0)f
Changing	2 (2.2)f

Data are shown as mean±standard deviation or number (%). N/A: no analysis. NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.

^aFisher's exact test.

^bChi-square test.

^cUnpaired t-test.

^dFever was defined as body temperature >37.5˚C.

^ePneumonia was confirmed using chest computed tomography or radiography.

^fTen patients complained about hypogeusia/ageusia and hypersensitivity of taste disorder, or hypersensitivity of taste disorder and changing taste.