Gustatory Dysfunction among a Sample of Depressed Egyptian Adults under Antidepressants Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA for salt detection and recognition thresholds scores and concentrations among the tested groups.

		Mean	SD	95% CI		Min.	Max.	value
				Lower	Upper
Salty_Detection threshold _score	TCA	1.9	0.9	1.3	2.5	1.0	3.0	0.220
	SSRIs	1.4	0.8	0.8	2.0	1.0	3.0
	Psychotherapy	1.3	0.7	0.8	1.8	1.0	3.0
Salty_Detection threshold _ conc	TCA	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.247
	SSRIs	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
	Psychotherapy	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
Recognition threshold of Salty taste_score	TCA	2.7	1.2	1.9	3.5	1.0	4.0	0.121
	SSRIs	1.8	1.2	0.9	2.7	1.0	4.0
	Psychotherapy	1.7	1.1	0.9	2.5	1.0	4.0
Recognition threshold of Salty taste_conc	TCA	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.129
	SSRIs	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
	Psychotherapy	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3