Table 4. Normative data for the “taste strips” [22], data from age- and sex-matched healthy controls and IBD patients (unilateral taste values for normative data, mean of left and right sides of the tongue for the control group and the patients).

	Normative data* n = 69		Own control group		IBD patients n = 59
			n = 23
	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd
Total taste	12.4	2.3	12.9	1.8	10.6	3.7
Sweet	3.3	0.8	3.7	0.7	3	1
Sour	3	0.8	2.2	1.1	2.6	1.1
Salty	3.1	0.9	3.6	0.6	2.6	1.3
Bitter	3	1.1	3.4	0.6	2.4	1.3

^*Mueller et al. [22].