Research Article

Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women

Table 3

Participants with hyposmia and hypogeusia.

VariablesTDITTS
HyposmiaNormosmiaHypogeusiaNormogeusia
(%) (%) (%) (%)

HIV infected women
 35 and below8 (9.6)12 (14.5)4 (4.8)16 (19.3)
 36–5519 (22.8)32 (38.6)6 (7.2)45 (54.2)
 56 and above6 (7.2)6 (7.2)3 (3.6) 9 (10.8)
Total33 (39.8)50 (60.2)13 (15.7)70 (84.3)
HIV uninfected women
 35 and below5 (6.3)51 (64.6)056 (70.9)
 36–553 (3.8)15 (19.0)1 (1.3)17 (21.5)
 56 and above2 (2.5)3 (3.8)05 (6.3)
Total10 (12.7)69 (87.3)1 (1.3)78 (98.7)