Character
Sodium chloride
DTPA
p (Fisher exact probability test)
Sample size, n 33 33
Age (years), mean ± SD 40.37 ± 7.58 38.25 ± 7.62
Days since symptoms to enrollment, mean ± SD 95 ± 5.68 98 ± 6.27
Gender (male/female), n 13/20 15/18
Smokers (current/never), n 5/28 4/29 1.00
Comorbidities, n
Asthma
2
3
1.00
Diabetes
7
8
1.00
Hypertension 7 8 1.00
Migraine 2 4 0.67
Sinusitis 3 2 1.00
Current medication
Anti-histamine Metformin B- blocker ACE inhibitor Sumatriptan Paracetamol Anti- histamine Glipizide Amlodipine ACE inhibitor Paracetamol
Previous anosmia treatment None (n=12) Topical steroids (n=10) Systemic + topical steroids (n=11) None (n=14) Topical steroids (n=9) Systemic + topical steroids (n=7) Vita­min A (n=3)