Subjective Taste and Smell Changes in Conjunction with Anxiety and Depression Are Associated with Symptoms in Patients with Functional Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Table 3
Correlation among taste, smell, HAMA, HAMD, and LGSRS scores for functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome patients.
FC ()
IBS ()
Overall patients ()
Spearman’s rho
Spearman’s rho
Spearman’s rho
Taste vs. LGSRS
0.796
<0.001
0.890
<0.001
0.832
<0.001
Smell vs. LGSRS
0.046
0.834
0.702
<0.001
0.271
0.075
HAMA vs. LGSRS
0.010
0.964
0.627
0.002
0.357
0.017
HAMD vs. LGSRS
0.103
0.641
0.585
0.005
0.377
0.012
Taste vs. smell
0.088
0.690
0.672
0.001
0.319
0.035
Taste vs. HAMA
0.177
0.419
0.673
0.001
0.260
0.088
Taste vs. HAMD
0.232
0.288
0.690
0.001
0.479
0.001
Smell vs. HAMA
0.790
<0.001
0.605
0.004
0.185
0.230
Smell vs. HAMD
0.807
<0.001
0.339
0.132
0.325
0.031
FC: functional constipation; IBS: irritable bowel syndrome; LGSRS: lower gastrointestinal symptoms rating scale. Data are expressed as Spearman’s correlation coefficient rho with values.
