First recognized n-butanol concentration may be simple and useful index for assessing olfactory dysfunction in geriatric patients
- Authors
- Oh, S.R.; Chang, M.Y.; Kang, H.; Kim, Kyung Soo; Mun, S.-K.; Lee, S.Y.; Min, Hyun Jin
- Issue Date
- Aug-2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Keywords
- Korean version of Sniffin’ stick test (KVSS II); n-Butanol concentration; Olfactory test
- Citation
- Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, v.31, no.8, pp 1169 - 1173
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 1169
- End Page
- 1173
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/26446
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40520-018-1092-9
- ISSN
- 1594-0667
1720-8319
- Abstract
- The KVSSII is widely used to evaluate olfactory function in the Korean population. We evaluated the usefulness of the first recognized n-butanol concentration, which is obtained at the beginning part of KVSS II, in predicting olfactory dysfunction. Three hundred seventy two subjects were enrolled in our study. The results of KVSS II and the demographic characteristics were statistically analyzed. The first recognized n-butanol concentration was positively correlated with the result of KVSS II. The mean value of first recognized n-butanol concentration was 5.59 ± 1.42 in normosmia, 4.10 ± 1.40 in hyposmia, and 0.84 ± 1.68 in the anosmia group. By ROC curve, cut-off value of 2.5 showed sensitivity of 85.9% and specificity of 90.6% for anosmia, and cut-off value of 4.5 showed sensitivity of 77.6% and specificity of 69.8% for hyposmia. Consequently, we suggest that it may be useful in assessing olfactory function, in geriatric patients who are not able to tolerate conventional KVSS II. © 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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