Table 4.

Association between salty taste threshold and zinc intake according to αENaC A663T polymorphism in men and women ^a.

Zinc Intake	αENaC A663T Genotype
	AA				AT or TT
	β	SE	p		β	SE	p
Men
Total Zinc	0.040	0.50	0.94		−0.947	0.51	0.07
Available Zinc	0.038	0.40	0.93		−0.731	0.47	0.13
Women
Total zinc	−0.765	0.41	0.07		−0.190	0.32	0.56
Available zinc	−0.833	0.35	0.02		−0.261	0.28	0.36

^a Multiple regression analysis models of predicting salty taste threshold with zinc intake by the αENaC A663T genotype.