Patient factors associated with COVID-19 loss of taste or smell patient factors in smell/taste loss COVID-19.

Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol · 2022 · PMC9764767 · PMID 36544937

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did not reach statistical significancep = .06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

COPD was associated with an OR of 2.26 for reporting of taste and smell loss, although this did not reach statistical significance ( p = .06), and only 26 patients reported having COPD.

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