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Table 5 Logistic regression and crosstabs analysis of the correlations between the presence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions at each observation time or comorbidities and the need for hospitalization

From: Do olfactory and gustatory psychophysical scores have prognostic value in COVID-19 patients? A prospective study of 106 patients

Observation time

In-patient

N° of patients (%)

Out-patients

N° of patients (%)

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval for odds ratio

p-value

Lower limit

Upper limit

Hospitalization / Olfactory dysfunction

T0

  Dysfunction group

18 (26.9%)

49 (73.1%)

0.827

0.347

1.970

0.66

  Normal group

12 (30.8%)

27 (69.2%)

T1

  Dysfunction group

18 (31%)

40 (69%)

1.350

0.572

3.184

0.52

  Normal group

12 (25%)

36 (75%)

T2

  Dysfunction group

15 (48.4%)

16 (51.6%)

3.750

1.519

9.256

0.005

  Normal group

15 (20%)

60 (80%)

Hospitalization / Gustatory dysfunction

T0

  Dysfunction group

23 (32.4%)

48 (67.6%)

1.917

0.730

5.036

0.25

  Normal group

7 (20%)

28 (80%)

T1

  Dysfunction group

8 (27.6%)

21 (72.4%)

0.952

0.367

2.469

> 0.99

  Normal group

22 (28.6%)

55 (71.4%)

T2

  Dysfunction group

5 (41.7%)

7 (58.3%)

1.971

0.573

6.782

0.31

  Normal group

25 (26.6%)

69 (73.4%)

Hospitalization / Comorbidities

 Yes

16 (50%)

16 (50%)

4.286

1.734

10.591

0.002

 No

14 (18.9%)

60 (81.1%)