Table 2. Correct identification of standardised tastants: proportions of sample identifying all five correct at baseline and differences in proportion at subsequent time points (N = 52).

	aT0: Pre-chemo	bT1: Early cycle 3		bT2: Mid cycle 3		bT3: Late cycle 3		bT4: Early final cycle		bT5∶2 months post-chemo
	(baseline)	Difference	p	Difference	p	Difference	p	Difference	p	Difference	p
All tastants	33	−18 [−33, −3]	0.043	−13 [−28, 2]	0.15	−4 [−20, 12]	0.79	−20 [−35, −3]	0.039	0 [−15, 15]	0.77
Sweet	98	0 [−8, 8]	1.00	−4 [−14, 4]	0.48	−4 [−14, 4]	0.48	−2 [−11, 6]	1.00	0 [−7, 7]	1.00
Salty	87	−13 [−29, 3]	0.181	−20 [−35, −3]	0.039	−4 [−19, 10]	0.77	−23 [−39, −6]	0.022	−4 [−15, 6]	0.62
Sour	77	−20 [−36, −2]	0.052	−19 [−36, −1]	0.067	−23 [−42, −2]	0.070	−27 [−41, −11]	0.004	−18 [−34, −2]	0.052
Bitter	52	−16 [−32, 2]	0.15	−6 [−22, 10]	0.61	−2 [−16, 12]	1.00	−13 [−29, 5]	0.24	−2 [−16, 12]	1.00
Umami	79	−16 [−29, −2]	0.046	−15 [−30, 0]	0.10	−6 [−17, 4]	0.37	−9 [−23, 6]	0.39	0 [−11, 11]	0.68

Notes. ^aPre-chemo data are percentage correct.

^bAll other data are differences in percentages correct (follow-up assessment minus baseline assessment) with 95% CI. All p are continuity-corrected.