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. 2023 Sep 20;48:bjad038. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjad038

Table 6.

Recalled salt liking varies by DASS-21 scores indicative of depression, anxiety, and stress in the total sample (unadjusted and adjusted models).

DASS-21 Recalled salt liking
Unadjusted Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
LSM ±SEM P trend LSM ±SEM P trend LSM ±SEM P trend LSM ±SEM P trend
DASS-D
Normal 60.0b ±1.0 0.01 60.8b ±1.2 0.03 66.0b ±3.9 0.02 63.2b ±4.3 0.04
Mild 61.5ab ±2.2 61.6ab ±2.3 67.1ab ±4.5 64.3ab ±4.8
Moderate 62.7ab ±2.4 62.5ab ±2.5 68.6ab ±4.6 65.4ab ±4.9
Severe 68.3a ±2.3 68.3a ±2.3 74.0a ±4.5 70.7a ±4.8
DASS-A
Normal 60.0b ±1.0 0.002 61.1b ±1.1 0.01 66.4b ±3.9 0.01 63.4b ±4.3 0.03
Mild/Moderate 62.1ab ±1.8 62.3ab ±1.9 67.8ab ±4.3 64.5ab ±4.7
Severe 68.4a ±2.2 68.4a ±2.3 73.9a ±4.5 70.3a ±4.9
DASS-S
Normal 60.2b ± 1.0 0.02 61.3a ± 1.2 0.08 67.0a ± 3.9 0.07 64.4a ± 4.3 0.2
Mild 60.7ab ± 2.2 60.7a ± 2.3 66.3a ± 4.5 63.2a ± 4.8
Moderate 67.7a ± 2.1 67.4a ± 2.3 73.2a ± 4.5 69.4a ± 4.9
Severe 62.8ab ± 2.7 62.8a ± 2.8 68.4a ± 4.8 65.4a ± 5.1

Model 1: age and sex; Model 2: age, sex, education, income, and smoking; Model 3: age, sex, education, income, smoking, and BMI

LSM, least squares mean; SEM, standard error of the mean; CI, confidence interval.

Values in the same row (within an analysis) denoted with the same letter are not significantly different from each other (Tukey’s HSD P < 0.05).