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

Table 5

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

		Mean	SD	95% CI		Min.	Max.	value
				Lower	Upper
Bitter taste_Detection threshold _score	TCA	3.9	1.8	2.6	5.2	1.0	5.0	0.284
	SSRIs	2.9	1.9	1.6	4.2	1.0	5.0
	Psychotherapy	4.1	1.7	2.9	5.3	1.0	5.0
Bitter taste_Detection threshold _ conc	TCA	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.246
	SSRIs	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.9
	Psychotherapy	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.0	0.9
Recognition threshold of Bitter taste_score	TCA	4.7	2.2	3.2	6.3	1.0	6.0	0.286
	SSRIs	3.7	2.1	2.2	5.2	1.0	6.0
	Psychotherapy	5.1	1.7	3.9	6.3	2.0	6.0
Recognition threshold of Bitter taste_conc	TCA	0.1	0.2	−0.2	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.358
	SSRIs	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3
	Psychotherapy	0.4	0.4	−0.7	1.5	0.2	0.9