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@ARTICLE{Gerkin:902048,
author = {Gerkin, Richard C and Ohla, Kathrin and Veldhuizen, Maria G
and Joseph, Paule V and Kelly, Christine E and Bakke, Alyssa
J and Steele, Kimberley E and Farruggia, Michael C and
Pellegrino, Robert and Pepino, Marta Y and Bouysset, Cédric
and Soler, Graciela M and Pereda-Loth, Veronica and
Dibattista, Michele and Cooper, Keiland W and Croijmans,
Ilja and Di Pizio, Antonella and Ozdener, Mehmet Hakan and
Fjaeldstad, Alexander W and Lin, Cailu and Sandell, Mari A
and Singh, Preet B and Brindha, V Evelyn and Olsson, Shannon
B and Saraiva, Luis R and Ahuja, Gaurav and Alwashahi,
Mohammed K and Bhutani, Surabhi and D’Errico, Anna and
Fornazieri, Marco A and Golebiowski, Jérôme and Dar Hwang,
Liang and Öztürk, Lina and Roura, Eugeni and Spinelli,
Sara and Whitcroft, Katherine L and Faraji, Farhoud and
Fischmeister, Florian Ph S and Heinbockel, Thomas and Hsieh,
Julien W and Huart, Caroline and Konstantinidis, Iordanis
and Menini, Anna and Morini, Gabriella and Olofsson, Jonas K
and Philpott, Carl M and Pierron, Denis and Shields, Vonnie
D C and Voznessenskaya, Vera V and Albayay, Javier and
Altundag, Aytug and Bensafi, Moustafa and Bock, María
Adelaida and Calcinoni, Orietta and Fredborg, William and
Laudamiel, Christophe and Lim, Juyun and Lundström, Johan N
and Macchi, Alberto and Meyer, Pablo and Moein, Shima T and
Santamaría, Enrique and Sengupta, Debarka and Rohlfs
Dominguez, Paloma and Yanik, Hüseyin and Hummel, Thomas and
Hayes, John E and Reed, Danielle R and Niv, Masha Y and
Munger, Steven D and Parma, Valentina and Boesveldt, Sanne
and de Groot, Jasper H B and Dinnella, Caterina and
Freiherr, Jessica and Laktionova, Tatiana and Marino,
Sajidxa and Monteleone, Erminio and Nunez-Parra, Alexia and
Abdulrahman, Olagunju and Ritchie, Marina and
Thomas-Danguin, Thierry and Walsh-Messinger, Julie and Al
Abri, Rashid and Alizadeh, Rafieh and Bignon, Emmanuelle and
Cantone, Elena and Paola Cecchini, Maria and Chen, Jingguo
and Dolors Guàrdia, Maria and Hoover, Kara C and Karni,
Noam and Navarro, Marta and Nolden, Alissa A and Portillo
Mazal, Patricia and Rowan, Nicholas R and Sarabi-Jamab,
Atiye and Archer, Nicholas S and Chen, Ben and Di Valerio,
Elizabeth A and Feeney, Emma L and Frasnelli, Johannes and
Hannum, Mackenzie E and Hopkins, Claire and Klein, Hadar and
Mignot, Coralie and Mucignat, Carla and Ning, Yuping and
Ozturk, Elif E and Peng, Mei and Saatci, Ozlem and Sell,
Elizabeth A and Yan, Carol H and Alfaro, Raul and Cecchetto,
Cinzia and Coureaud, Gérard and Herriman, Riley D and
Justice, Jeb M and Kaushik, Pavan Kumar and Koyama, Sachiko
and Overdevest, Jonathan B and Pirastu, Nicola and Ramirez,
Vicente A and Roberts, S Craig and Smith, Barry C and Cao,
Hongyuan and Wang, Hong and Balungwe Birindwa, Patrick and
Baguma, Marius},
title = {{R}ecent {S}mell {L}oss {I}s the {B}est {P}redictor of
{COVID}-19 {A}mong {I}ndividuals {W}ith {R}ecent
{R}espiratory {S}ymptoms},
journal = {Chemical senses},
volume = {46},
issn = {1464-3553},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-03996},
pages = {bjaa081},
year = {2021},
abstract = {In a preregistered, cross-sectional study, we investigated
whether olfactory loss is a reliable predictor of COVID-19
using a crowdsourced questionnaire in 23 languages to assess
symptoms in individuals self-reporting recent respiratory
illness. We quantified changes in chemosensory abilities
during the course of the respiratory illness using 0–100
visual analog scales (VAS) for participants reporting a
positive (C19+; n = 4148) or negative (C19−; n = 546)
COVID-19 laboratory test outcome. Logistic regression models
identified univariate and multivariate predictors of
COVID-19 status and post-COVID-19 olfactory recovery. Both
C19+ and C19− groups exhibited smell loss, but it was
significantly larger in C19+ participants (mean ± SD, C19+:
−82.5 ± 27.2 points; C19−: −59.8 ± 37.7). Smell loss
during illness was the best predictor of COVID-19 in both
univariate and multivariate models (ROC AUC = 0.72).
Additional variables provide negligible model improvement.
VAS ratings of smell loss were more predictive than binary
chemosensory yes/no-questions or other cardinal symptoms
(e.g., fever). Olfactory recovery within 40 days of
respiratory symptom onset was reported for $~50\%$ of
participants and was best predicted by time since
respiratory symptom onset. We find that quantified smell
loss is the best predictor of COVID-19 amongst those with
symptoms of respiratory illness. To aid clinicians and
contact tracers in identifying individuals with a high
likelihood of having COVID-19, we propose a novel 0–10
scale to screen for recent olfactory loss, the ODoR-19. We
find that numeric ratings ≤2 indicate high odds of
symptomatic COVID-19 (4 < OR < 10). Once independently
validated, this tool could be deployed when viral lab tests
are impractical or unavailable.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
(POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33367502},
UT = {WOS:000645030100001},
doi = {10.1093/chemse/bjaa081},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/902048},
}