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Meta-Analysis
. 2022 Jan 1;148(1):81-82.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3379.

Growing Public Health Concern of COVID-19 Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction

Amish M Khan  1 , Dorina Kallogjeri  1   2 , Jay F Piccirillo  1   3
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Meta-Analysis

Growing Public Health Concern of COVID-19 Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction

Amish M Khan et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .

Abstract

This meta-analysis examines the scale of the public health concern of COVID-19–related chronic olfactory dysfunction.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Kallogjeri reported stock in Potentia Metrics and personal fees from JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery outside the submitted work. Dr Piccirillo reported receiving consulting fees from BIND-On-Demand Health Insurance. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number TL1TR002344. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Incidence of New Daily Cases of COVID-19 and Prevalence of Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction Among Adults With COVID-19 in the US
The incidence of new daily cases is shown in the black line. The estimated prevalence of chronic olfactory dysfunction is shown in blue, with the solid blue line representing the intermediate estimate and the upper and lower range of the ribbon representing the high and low estimates, respectively.
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