Relationships between pathologic subjective halitosis, olfactory reference syndrome, and social anxiety in young Japanese women

Table 2 Association between the levels of pathologic subjective halitosis, ORS ^a, and social anxiety

N (%)	Pathologic subjective halitosis ^b			P value ^c
	Normal	Moderate	Severe
	732 (54.6%)	575 (42.9%)	33 (2.5%)
Pathologic subjective halitosis	12 ^d	16	23	<0.001
Pathologic subjective halitosis	(10–13) ^e	(14–21)	(22–38)	<0.001
Olfactory reference syndrome	11	16	26	<0.001
Olfactory reference syndrome	(7–28)	(7–35)	(11–35)	<0.001
Social anxiety	17	19	26	<0.001
Social anxiety	(7–35)	(7–35)	(10–35)	<0.001

^a Olfactory reference syndrome
^b Participants were divided based on the scale of the pathologic subjective halitosis: the normal group included scores of 10–13; the moderate groups included scores of 14–21; the severe group included scores of 22 and over [20]
^c Kruskal-Wallis test
^d Median
^e Score range

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