Table 3.

Number of Subjects Showing Maximal Intake and Self-Reported Liking, Wanting and Sweetness of Test Solutions

Subject Group	Aspartame Concentration in Solution	Solution of Maximal Intake, #(%) of Subjects	Solution of Maximal Liking, #(%) of Subjects	Solution of Maximal Wanting*, #(%) of Subjects	Solution of Maximal Sweetness, #(%) of Subjects
AN (N=24)	0%	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	0.01%	5 (21)	1 (4)	2 (9)	0 (0)
	0.03%	6 (25)	5 (21)	4* (18)	0 (0)
	0.08%	6 (25)	4 (17)	3* (14)	1 (4)
	0.28%	7 (29)	14 (58)	13 (59)	23 (96)
NC (N=10)	0%	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (10)	0 (0)
	0.01%	2 (20)	0 (0)	2 (20)	0 (0)
	0.03%	1 (10)	2 (20)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	0.08%	5 (50)	5 (50)	4 (40)	0 (0)
	0.28%	2 (20)	3 (30)	3 (30)	10 (100)

Numbers indicate the number and percentage of subjects in each diagnostic group showing maximal intake and self-reported liking, wanting and sweetness for each of the five solutions, arranged in order of increasing aspartame concentration. Intake was determined by summing intake of each solution across the three trials and self-report measures were determined by averaging VAS measure of each variable across the three trials.

^*One subject with AN reported identical maximal wanting values to the 0.03% and the 0.08% solutions. The remaining AN subject reported zero values for wanting of all solutions and is not included in this table. Data from NC subjects have been previously published (¹).

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¹Klein D, Schebendach J, Brown A, Smith G, Walsh BT. Modified sham feeding of sweet solutions in women with and without bulimia nervosa. Physiol Behav 2009;96:44–50.