Table 3 Clusters’ characterization.
From: Changes in smell and taste perception related to COVID-19 infection: a case–control study
Cluster High Perf | Cluster Low Perf | t | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SEM) | 58.7 ± 1.8 | 60.0 ± 1.9 | − 0.5 | 0.60 |
BMI (mean ± SEM) | 27.8 ± 1.1 | 26.2 ± 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.33 |
χ2 | P | |||
Gender (%) | 3.1 | 0.08 | ||
Female | 54 | 32 | ||
Male | 46 | 68 | ||
Smoking habits (%) | 2.8 | 0.25 | ||
Daily | 16 | 4 | ||
Quit | 42 | 39 | ||
Never | 42 | 57 | ||
Pneumonia (%) | 2.7 | 0.09 | ||
Yes | 54 | 75 | ||
No | 46 | 25 | ||
Respiratory support (%) | 2.7 | 0.09 | ||
Yes | 39 | 61 | ||
No | 61 | 39 | ||
Days of symptom onset (%) | 1.0 | 0.31 | ||
< 20 days | 52 | 64 | ||
> 20 days | 48 | 36 |
