Table 6. Taste values (sum of left and right sides of the tongue) in the control group and the patients, by sex and age-group.

	Own control group				IBD patients				CD patients				UC patients
	female		male		female		male		female		male		female		male
	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd	mean	sd
Total taste
16–35 yr	28.7	2.1	27.2	3.6	26.6	4.8	22.9	5	27.3	3.5	22.8	5.5	25.2	6.9	23
36–55 yr	26.7	3.5	24.8	1	22.9	7.4	18.6	7.7	21.8	8.6	17.7	7.3	24.8	5.4	19.6	8.5
56–75 yr	25	1.4	18.5	0.7	16.2	5.2	13.8	7	16.2	5.2	15.5	6.4			13	8.1
Sweet
16–35 yr	8	0	7.6	0.9	7.1	1	6.9	0.9	7.1	0.8	6.8	1	7	1.4	7
36–55 yr	7.4	1	7.5	1	6.3	1.9	5.1	2.2	5.9	2.2	4.9	2.5	7	1	5.4	2.1
56–75 yr	8	0	4.5	3.5	6	2	4.7	2.3	6	2	6.5	0.7			3.8	2.4
Sour
16–35 yr	6.3	0.6	5.2	2.6	6.5	1.7	5.3	1.9	6.7	1.4	5.7	1.8	6.2	2.2	3
36–55 yr	4.4	2.1	4.8	1.9	5.5	1.8	4.6	2.3	5.5	1.8	4.4	2.8	5.6	2.1	4.7	2
56–75 yr	2	0	2	2.8	4.8	2.7	2.7	2.3	4.8	2.7	2.5	3.5			2.8	2.2
Salty
16–35 yr	7.7	0.6	7.2	1.1	6.9	1.9	5.7	2.3	7.6	0.9	5.5	2.4	5.6	2.6	7
36–55 yr	7.4	1	6.5	1.9	5.2	2.4	4.9	2.7	5	2.6	4.4	2.2	5.6	2.3	5.3	3.1
56–75 yr	7	1.4	7	1.4	3.2	3.5	3.3	1.9	3.2	3.5	3.5	2.1			3.2	2.1
Bitter
16–35 yr	6.7	1.2	7.2	1.1	6.1	2	5	2.1	6	2.2	4.8	2.2	6.4	1.8	6
36–55 yr	7.4	1	6	0	5.8	2.6	4.1	2.6	5.4	2.7	4	1.4	6.6	2.6	4.1	3.6
56–75 yr	8	0	5	1.4	2.2	2.3	3.2	3	2.2	2.3	3	4.2			3.2	3