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. 2014 Apr 11;14:36. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-36

Table 2.

Prevalence of taste hyposensitivity by gender

 
 Sweet-taste hyposensitivity
 Salt-taste hyposensitivity
Grade
 Total
  
 Boys
  
 Girls
  
 p-value
 Total
  
 Boys
  
 Girls
  
 p-value
  n % n % n %   n % n % n %  
1st-3rd
 12
 10.8
 7
 12.1
 5
 9.4
 n.s.
 18
 16.2
 13
 22.4
 5
 9.4
 n.s.
4th-6th
 6
 4.8
 2
 3.2
 4
 6.3
 n.s.
 11
 8.7
 6
 9.5
 5
 7.9
 n.s.
7th-9th
 4
 3.6
 4
 6.7
 0
 0.0
 n.s.
 21
 18.8
 13
 21.7
 8
 15.4
 n.s
Total
 22
 6.3
 13
 7.2
 9
 5.4
 n.s.
 50
 14.3
 32
 17.7
 18
 10.7
 n.s
 
 Sour-taste hyposensitivity
 Bitter-taste hyposensitivity
Grade
 Total
  
 Boys
  
 Girls
  
 p-value
 Total
  
 Boys
  
 Girls
  
 p-value
 
 n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
  
 n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
  
1st-3rd
 32
 28.8
 21
 36.2
 11
 20.8
 n.s.
 18
 16.2
 14
 24.1
 4
 7.5
 0.021
4th-6th
 26
 20.6
 15
 23.8
 11
 17.5
 n.s.
 3
 2.4
 2
 3.2
 1
 1.6
 n.s.
7th-9th
 15
 13.2
 8
 13.3
 7
 13.2
 n.s.
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 -
Total 73 20.9 44 24.3 29 17.3 n.s. 21 6.0 16 8.8 5 3.0 0.024