Table 2.

Changes in appetite during the 6-year follow-up and comparison between the non-hyposalivation and hyposalivation groups

	Non-hyposalivation N = 177	p-valuea	Hyposalivation N = 43	p-valuea	p-valueb
CNAQ-J, points, median (IQR)
Baseline	30 (29–32)	0.615c	29 (28–30)	0.104c	0.007d
Follow-up	30 (28–32)		29 (27–30)		0.001d

CNAQ-J, Japanese version of the Council on Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire; IQR, interquartile range

^a p-value for the comparison between baseline and follow-up period

^b p-value for the comparison between the non-hyposalivation and hyposalivation groups

^c Wilcoxon signed-rank test

^d Mann–Whitney U test