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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004 Nov;28(11):1629–1637. doi: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000145789.55183.D4

Table 2.

Individuals Classified by Psychophysical Criterion (Columnsa) by Genotype (Rowsb)

Variable Nontasters Medium tasters Supertasters n
AVI/AVI 15 9 2 26
PAV/AVI 5 23 9 37
PAV/PAV 1 10 10 21
n 21 42 21
a

Based on the bitterness of 3.2 mM PROP (nontasters, ≤moderately bitter; supertasters, ≥very strong; and medium tasters in between).

b

TAS2R38 gene (Kim et al., 2003).