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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2013 May 14;118:10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.016. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.016

Table 2.

Classification of children by PROP phenotype and TAS2R38 diplotype1,2

n Non-taster Medium Taster Super-taster
AV/AV 17 14 (19.7) 3 (4.0) 0 (0.0)
AV/PA or AA/PA * 49 2 (2.8) 34 (47.9) 13 (18.3)
PA/PA 5 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 4 (5.6)
1

Values in the table are cell counts with cell percentages in parenthesis.

*

Includes 7 children with the rare AA form which is associated with intermediate taste sensitivity to PROP (Timpson et al., 2007).

2

Contingency coefficient of group membership (χ2=0.63; p≤0.01)