A total of 31 non-demented PD patients and 20 age-matched controls were studied.
Patients were sub-classified into groups of PD with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) and cognitively normal PD (PD-CN).
The degree of hyposmia self-awareness was calculated as the difference between subjective and objective olfactory impairment.
PD-MCI patients tended to rate their olfactory function higher on the olfactory questionnaire than PD-CN group.
The loss of awareness of hyposmia is closely associated with mild cognitive impairment in PD patients.