Table 3. Results of the triangle taste test: Reported differences according to participants’ responses.

	50% NaCl + 50% KCl			67% NaCl + 33% KCl			75% NaCl + 25% KCl
	Incorrect	Correct	p-value*	Incorrect	Correct	p-value*	Incorrect	Correct	p-value*
Reported difference (%)
Slightly	33.8%	40.2%	0.58	39.1%	42.0%	0.26	37.6%	17.5%	0.03
Moderate	56.8%	53.7%		47.1%	52.2%		52.7%	69.8%
High	9.4%	6.1%		13.8%	5.8%		9.7%	12.7%
Reported taste (%)
Bitter taste	4.1%	2.4%	0.58	0.0%	4.4%	0.05	2.2%	3.2%	0.69
Metallic taste	10.8%	7.3%	0.45	8.1%	10.1%	0.65	12.9%	9.5%	0.52

*P-values were calculated using Chi-squared tests.