Table 2. Aspartame sensitive and non-sensitive participants' scores on baseline psychological measures.

Groups		Anxiety (HADS)	Depression (BDI)	Depression (HADS)	Perceived Stress Severity	Life Events12m	Feelings (TAS)	Somatisation (Whiteley)	State Anxiety	Trait Anxiety
Sensitive	Mean	5.11	8.57	3.34	13.89	244.98	47.63	3.16	31.61	35.45
	N	47	37	47	46	50	46	45	41	42
	Std. Deviation	3.83	7.34	3.23	6.77	281.25	12.99	3.18	11.17	10.32
Control	Mean	4.86	5.43	2.30	11.07	279.04	43.16	2.63	29.83	32.28
	N	44	44	44	46	47	44	41	41	40
	Std. Deviation	3.74	6.40	2.46	6.00	457.95	11.60	2.57	9.53	9.80
Total	Mean	4.99	6.86	2.84	12.48	261.48	45.44	2.91	30.72	33.90
	N	91	81	91	92	97	90	86	82	82
	Std. Deviation	3.767	6.98	2.92	6.52	375.71	12.47	2.91	10.36	10.13