Table 6

- The differences of mean TDI and subtests scores between gender using paired T-test.

VariableScoresP-value
Mean±SDMean difference
(95% CI)
THR   
Female11.59±2.490.19 (-0.33 - 0.70)0.478
Male11.40±3.03  
DIS   
Female11.29±2.060.76 (0.36-1.15)<0.001
Male10.53±2.21  
ID   
Female12.01±1.980.21 (0.17-0.99)0.005
Male11.43±2.42  
TDI   
Female34.80±4.371.53 (0.60-2.47)0.001
Male33.26±5.64  
  • TDI: threshold discrimination identification, SD: standard deviation, CI: confidence interval, THR: olfactory threshold, DIS: odor discrimination, ID: odor identification. Threshold discrimination identification is a composite score as the sum of results for THR, DIS and ID