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Abstract
A card-type odor identification test called the “Open Essence (OE),” consisting of 12 types of everyday odors familiar to Japanese people, was recently developed. In this study, we calculated the cut-off value of the OE score for screening for age-related olfactory decline.
Participants aged 23 to 91 performed the OE test. After we confirmed that the OE score differed significantly between young/middle-aged adults (under 65?years old) and elderly adults (over 65?years old), we assumed that the young/middle-aged group had normal olfactory ability, whereas the elderly group had experienced a decline in odor identification ability. We then performed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis using the OE score.
The cut-off value of the OE score for screening for age-related olfactory decline, calculated on the basis of the ROC curve, was 8.
Individuals with the OE scores of 7 or less may have age-related olfactory decline. Our finding suggests that this cut-off value could be used to screen Japanese people with age-related olfactory decline.
The OE test is self-administered and has a cut-off value of the OE score for screening for age-related olfactory decline. Therefore, it is expected to be useful in mass screening for elderly adults.
期刊介绍:
Coverage in Chemosensory Perception includes animal work with implications for human phenomena and explores the following areas:
Identification of chemicals producing sensory response;
Identification of sensory response associated with chemicals;
Human in vivo response to chemical stimuli;
Human in vitro response to chemical stimuli;
Neuroimaging of chemosensory function;
Neurological processing of chemoreception;
Chemoreception mechanisms;
Psychophysics of chemoperception;
Trigeminal function;
Multisensory perception;
Contextual effect on chemoperception;
Behavioral response to chemical stimuli;
Physiological factors affecting and contributing to chemoperception;
Flavor and hedonics;
Memory and chemoperception.