Demographic variable
|
Description
|
Loss of smell
n (%)
|
No loss of smell
n (%)
|
P value
|
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
|
Loss of taste
n (%)
|
No loss of taste
n (%)
|
P value
|
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
|
Sex
|
Male
|
92/217 (42.4%)
|
125/217
(57.6%)
|
<0.001
|
0.479 (0321 - 0.717)
|
89/217
(41%)
|
128/217
(59%)
|
0.002
|
0.532 (0.356-0.793)
|
|
Female
|
109/180
(60.6%)
|
71/180
(39.4%)
|
|
|
102/180
(56.7%)
|
78/180
(43.3%)
|
|
|
Nationality
|
Bahraini
|
146/264
(55.3%)
|
118/264
(44.7%)
|
0.001
|
N/A
|
139/264
(52.7%)
|
125/264
(47.3%)
|
0.002
|
N/A
|
|
GCC
|
4/5
(80%)
|
1/5
(20%)
|
|
|
5/5
(100%)
|
0/5
(0%)
|
|
|
|
Non GCC Arab
|
9/11
(81.8%)
|
2/11
(18.2%)
|
|
|
7/11
(63.6%)
|
4/11
(36.4%)
|
|
|
|
East Asia
|
6/13
(35.3%)
|
7/13
(53.8)
|
|
|
5/13
(38.5%)
|
8/13
(61.5%)
|
|
|
|
South Asia
|
36/102
(35.3%)
|
66/102
(64.7%)
|
|
|
35/102
(34.3%)
|
67/102
(65.7%)
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0/2
(0%)
|
2/2
(100%)
|
|
|
0/2
(0%)
|
2/2
(100%)
|
|
|
Marital status
|
Single
|
42/77
(54.5%)
|
35/77
(45.5%)
|
0.908
|
|
39/77
(50.6%)
|
38/77
(49.4%)
|
0.970
|
|
|
Married
|
154/309
(49.8%)
|
155/309
(50.2%)
|
|
|
147/309
(47.6%)
|
162/309
(52.4%)
|
|
|
|
Divorced
|
4/8
(50%)
|
4/8
(50%)
|
|
|
4/8
(50%)
|
4/8
(50%)
|
|
|
|
Widowed
|
1/2
(50%)
|
1/2
(50%)
|
|
|
1/2
(50%)
|
1/2
(50%)
|
|
|
Smoking status
|
Smoker
|
41/ 76
(53.9%)
|
35/76
(46.1%)
|
0.553
|
0.859 (1.42- 0.520,
|
41/76 (53.9%)
|
35/76 (46.1%)
|
0.298
|
0.766 (0.464 - 1.27)
|
|
Non smoker
|
158/315
(50.2%)
|
157/315
(49.8%)
|
|
|
149/315 (47.3%)
|
166/315 (52.7%)
|
|
|
Vaccination status
|
Pfizer
|
19/201
(9.5%)
|
22/196(5.5%)
|
0.647
|
NA
|
20/397 (5%)
|
21/397 (5.3%)
|
0.160
|
|
|
Sinopharm
|
65/118
(55.1%)
|
53/118
(44.9%)
|
|
|
65/118 (55.1%)
|
53/118 (44.9%)
|
|
|
|
Sputnik |
19/40 (47.5%) |
21/40 (52.5%) |
|
|
17/40 (42.5%) |
23/40
(57.5%) |
|
|
|
COVISHILD
|
4/9
(44.4%)
|
5/9
(55.6%)
|
|
|
5/9 (55.5%)
|
4/9 (44.4%)
|
|
|
|
No vaccine
|
89/174
(51.1%)
|
85/174
(48.9%)
|
|
|
81/174 (46.6%)
|
93/174 (53.4%)
|
|
|
|
No record
|
5/15
(33.3%)
|
10/15
(66.7%)
|
|
|
3/15 (20%)
|
12/15 (80%)
|
|
|
Medical history
|
Sinusitis/ allergy
|
12/28
(42.9%)
|
16/28
(57.1%)
|
0.590
|
0.800 (0.355- 1.80)
|
12/28 (42.9%)
|
16/28 (57.1%)
|
0.921
|
0.960 (0.426 - 2.16)
|
|
Asthma / COPD
|
9/14
(64.3%)
|
4/14
(35.7%)
|
0.173
|
2.25 (0.681 - 7.43)
|
8/14 (57.1%)
|
5/14 (35.7%)
|
0.173
|
1.76 (0.565 - 5.47)
|