Distorted chemosensory perception and female sex associate with persistent smell and/or taste loss in people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a community based cohort study investigating clinical course and resolution of acute smell and/or taste loss in people with and without SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in London, UK.

BMC Infect Dis · 2021 · PMC7905973 · PMID 33632171

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Mean age of female participants with unresolved smell loss was 41.6 ± 11.7 years compared to 37.4 ± 12.7 years in male participants, however this borderline difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.053).

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