Lei Chen1, Xin Wang1, Richard L Doty2, Shanshan Cao3, Junxiu Yang4, Feng Sun5, Xiaoyan Yan6. 1. Department of Neurology, Tianjin Huan Hu Hospital, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tianjin, China. 2. Smell and Taste Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3. Department of Gerontology, The No. 2 Hospital of Baoding, Baoding, China. 4. Department of Neurology, Hebei Petro China Central Hospital, Langfang, China. 5. Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. 6. Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Olfactory dysfunction is a common and early sign of many neurodegenerative disorders, but little is known about olfactory dysfunction in Wilson's disease (WD). We aimed to evaluate olfactory function in patients with WD and identify selective WD screening odors. METHODS: We measured olfactory identification ability in 25 patients with WD and 25 healthy controls using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT). Patients with WD were evaluated using the Global Assessment Scale for WD (GAS). Cognitive function was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination. RESULTS: Patients with WD were worse at identifying smells in the simplified Chinese version of the UPSIT compared with healthy controls (t = 2.198, p = .033), but there was no difference in olfactory dysfunction severity between the groups (V = 136, p = .094). UPSIT scores negatively correlated with the GAS neurological scores in patients with WD (r = -0.571, p = .003). Using logistic regression with least absolute shrinkage and selection operator analysis, two models were screened. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that, to discriminate WD patients from healthy controls, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) for a combination of seven odors (motor oil, onion, licorice, strawberry, tire, jasmine, and natural gas) was 0.926, while the AUC for three odors (onion, licorice, and jasmine) was 0.852. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with WD may have stable, selective olfactory impairments. This selective pattern may be a useful tool for disease diagnosis and prediction.
INTRODUCTION:Olfactory dysfunction is a common and early sign of many neurodegenerative disorders, but little is known about olfactory dysfunction in Wilson's disease (WD). We aimed to evaluate olfactory function in patients with WD and identify selective WD screening odors. METHODS: We measured olfactory identification ability in 25 patients with WD and 25 healthy controls using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT). Patients with WD were evaluated using the Global Assessment Scale for WD (GAS). Cognitive function was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination. RESULTS:Patients with WD were worse at identifying smells in the simplified Chinese version of the UPSIT compared with healthy controls (t = 2.198, p = .033), but there was no difference in olfactory dysfunction severity between the groups (V = 136, p = .094). UPSIT scores negatively correlated with the GAS neurological scores in patients with WD (r = -0.571, p = .003). Using logistic regression with least absolute shrinkage and selection operator analysis, two models were screened. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that, to discriminate WDpatients from healthy controls, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) for a combination of seven odors (motor oil, onion, licorice, strawberry, tire, jasmine, and natural gas) was 0.926, while the AUC for three odors (onion, licorice, and jasmine) was 0.852. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with WD may have stable, selective olfactory impairments. This selective pattern may be a useful tool for disease diagnosis and prediction.
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