Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women

Table 5

Relationship of HIV infection stage with hyposmia and hypogeusia.

Stage	Nadir CD4^+ cell count (cells/L)	Olfaction of HIV infected women		Gustation of HIV infected women
		Hyposmia	Normosmia	Hypogeusia	Normogeusia
1	≥500	8 (9.6%)	15 (18.1%)	3 (3.6%)	7 (8.4%)
2	200–499	11 (13.2%)	16 (19.3%)	5 (6.0%)	27 (32.5%)
3	<200	14 (16.9%)	19 (22.9%)	5 (6.0%)	36 (43.4%)
		33 (39.7)	50 (60.3)	13 (15.7)	70 (84.3)