Table 4.
Taste sensitivity in overweight and obese patients according to metabolic syndrome and gender
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Overall |
Women |
Men |
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| MetS+ (n = 33) | MetS- (n = 60) | P1 | MetS+ (n = 21) | MetS- (n = 45) | P 1 | MetS+ (n = 12) | MetS- (n = 15) | P 1 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 33.7 ± 5.2 | 30.7 ± 4.2 | 0.002 | 33.5 ± 4.8 | 30.0 ± 3.9 | 0.002 | 34.1 ± 6.1 | 32.7 ± 4.4 | 0.485 |
| BF% | 47.7 ± 6.0 | 46.4 ± 4.7 | 0.281 | 50.3 ± 4.4 | 47.2 ± 4.5 | 0.013 | 43.1 ± 5.8 | 43.8 ± 4.2 | 0.744 |
| Waist (cm) | 106.2 ± 14.2 | 96.1 ± 16.3 | 0.004 | 101.9 ± 11.2 | 94.1 ± 9.4 | 0.005 | 113.9 ± 16.0 | 102.2 ± 28.0 | 0.288 |
| Sweet (log g/L) | 0.87 ± 0.41 | 0.80 ± 0.47 | 0.396 | 0.81 ± 0.45 | 0.72 ± 0.43 | 0.458 | 0.97 ± 0.31 | 1.02 ± 0.51 | 0.730 |
| Salty (log g/L) | 0.43 ± 0.56 | 0.16 ± 0.52 | 0.029 | 0.31 ± 0.50 | 0.10 ± 0.45 | 0.121 | 0.65 ± 0.62 | 0.33 ± 0.67 | 0.244 |
| Sour (log g/L) | -0.01 ± 0.69 | -0.27 ± 0.49 | 0.069 | -0.08 ± 0.59 | -0.39 ± 0.39 | 0.022 | 0.11 ± 0.85 | 0.08 ± 0.61 | 0.859 |
| Bitter (log g/L) | -0.22 ± 0.28 | -0.23 ± 0.31 | 0.956 | -0.24 ± 0.27 | -0.23 ± 0.29 | 0.846 | -0.18 ± 0.30 | -0.23 ± 0.37 | 0.757 |
| GTAS | 7.4 ± 2.0 | 7.7 ± 1.9 | 0.440 | 7.8 ± 2.0 | 7.8 ± 1.7 | 0.936 | 6.8 ± 1.9 | 7.5 ± 2.4 | 0.414 |
P values according to unpaired Student t-test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. 1MetS+ vs MetS- within the same group (overall or women or men). BMI: Body mass index; BF%: Percentage of body fat mass; MetS: Metabolic syndrome (+, presence; -, absence); GTAS: Global Taste Acuity Score.