Table 3.

The most consumed sweet food items among children and adolescents according to genetic variants of TAS1R2 gene.

Sweet Taste Food	Normal Weight		p	Obese		p
	rs9701796			rs9701796
	Cys/Cys	Ser Carriers		Cys/Cys	Ser Carriers
	(n = 84)	(n = 51)		(n = 178)	(n = 119)
Chocolate powder (g)	10 (10–20)	20 (10–25)	0.19	15 (10–20)	20 (16–20)	0.04
White sugar (g)	10 (10–18)	10 (10–20)	0.11	10 (10–20)	10 (10–20)	0.56
Soft drinks (mL)	300 (200–400)	250 (187–400)	0.70	350 (200–600)	300 (200–500)	0.41
	rs35874116			rs35874116
	Ile/Ile	Val Carriers		Ile/Ile	Val Carriers
	(n = 12)	(n = 123)		(n = 23)	(n = 274)
Chocolate powder (g)	10 (10–10)	18 (10–25)	0.16	10 (10–10)	20 (10–20)	0.12
White sugar (g)	20 (15–30)	10 (10–20)	0.19	20 (10–25)	10 (10–20)	0.20
Soft drinks (mL)	400 (290–500)	300 (200–400)	0.53	350 (200–538)	300 (200–600)	0.90

Nonparametric data are presented as medians (25th–75th percentiles) with p values determined by Mann–Whitney U-test.