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Table 2 Associations between chemosensory disorders, dysgeusia and burning mouth sensation (BMS) and diseases and medication use. N = 223

From: Smell, taste and trigeminal disorders in a 65‐year‐old population

 

Hyposmia

Anosmia

Hypogeusia

Ageusia

Dysgeusia

BMS

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Cerebral hemorrhage

 Yes (n = 8)

50 (4)

0 (0)

63 (5)

25 (2)

13 (1)

0 (0)

 No (n = 215)

27 (58)

7 (14)

20 (42)

6 (13)

5 (11)

4 (8)

Heart attack

      

 Yes (n = 14)

29 (4)

0 (0)

14 (2)

29 (4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 No (n = 209)

28 (58)

7 (14)

22 (45)

5 (11)

6 (12)

4 (8)

Gastrointestinal disease

 Yes (n = 5)

20 (1)

0 (0)

20 (1)

0 (0)

20 (1)

40 (2)

 No (n = 218)

28 (61)

6 (14)

21 (46)

7 (15)

5 (11)

3 (6)

Antidepressant

 Yes (n = 8)

38 (3)

13 (1)

13 (1)

38 (3)

13 (1)

0 (0)

 No (n = 215)

27 (59)

6 (13)

21 (46)

6 (12)

5 (11)

4 (8)

Blood thinners

 Yes (n = 46)

28 (13)

7 (3)

30 (14)

15 (7)

7 (3)

4 (2)

 No (n = 177)

28 (49)

6 (11)

19 (33)

5 (8)

5 (9)

3 (6)

Antacid

 Yes (n = 19)

37 (7)

11 (2)

37 (7)

0 (0)

16 (3)

21 (4)

 No (n = 204)

27 (55)

6 (12)

20 (40)

7 (15)

4 (9)

2 (4)

Asthma medicine

 Yes (n = 14)

29 (4)

7 (1)

21 (3)

0 (0)

14 (2)

21 (3)

 No (n = 209)

28 (58)

6 (13)

21 (44)

7 (15)

5 (10)

2 (5)

Corticosteroids a

 Yes (n = 4)

25 (1)

50 (2)

25 (1)

0 (0)

25 (1)

0 (0)

 No (n = 219)

28 (61)

6 (12)

21 (46)

7 (15)

5 (11)

4 (8)

Hormone medication b

 Yes (n = 28)

14 (4)

4 (1)

4 (1)

0 (0)

11 (3)

0 (0)

 No (n = 195)

30 (58)

7 (13)

24 (46)

8 (15)

5 (9)

4 (8)

  1. Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. p < 0.05 is marked with bold text
  2. aCorticosterioids exc. asthma and allergy medication
  3. bHormone medication incl. thyroid hormones