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. 2021 Apr 9;46:bjab017. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjab017

Table 5.

Marijuana use, BMI, cigarette smoking, and demographic characteristics as correlates of whole mouth taste test ratings


Quinine 1 mM (N = 1394)
Coef (SE)
NaCl, 1 M (N = 1428)
Coef (SE)
NaCl, 0.32 M (N = 1427)
Coef (SE)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Intercept 53.49 (0.75) 44.91 (2.50) 52.69 (6.09) 52.16 (6.63) 51.83 (0.94) 44.90 (2.00) 49.40 (5.60) 47.66 (6.54) 33.25 (0.65) 31.63 (2.44) 40.96 (5.40) 43.01 (5.95)
Marijuana use
 Never (ref)
 Occasional −2.58 (1.33) −2.22 (1.21) −2.48 (1.38) −5.01 (5.53) −3.16 (1.23)* −2.88 (1.19)* −2.66 (0.84)* −4.33 (6.94) −2.09 (1.12) −2.02 (1.14) −1.52 (1.36) −8.43 (5.95)
 Former −0.88 (1.49) −0.71 (1.40) −1.48 (1.66) 7.48 (9.74) −1.89 (1.38) −1.76 (1.31) −1.02 (1.76) 12.49 (8.45) −1.71 (1.51) −1.67 (1.49) −1.17 (1.82) 3.61 (6.24)
 Current 0.05 (2.29) 0.76 (2.20) −2.44 (2.36) −3.00 (9.73) 3.53 (2.42) 4.12 (2.33) 2.70 (2.89) 5.75 (6.52) 2.62 (2.74) 2.76 (2.76) 1.72 (2.68) −4.58 (6.54)
BMI
0.28 (0.08)* 0.14 (0.08) 0.16 (0.15) 0.23 (0.07)* 0.12 (0.08) 0.19 (0.14) 0.05 (0.08) −0.01 (0.08) −0.08 (0.11)
Age
−0.11 (0.11) −0.12 (0.11) −0.07 (0.09) −0.07 (0.10) −0.10 (0.09) −0.10 (0.10)
Gender
 Male (ref)
 Female 8.35 (1.71)** 8.45 (1.74)** 7.86 (1.14)** 7.99 (1.14)** 3.26 (1.39)* 3.38 (1.45)*
Education

Less than 9th grade
−2.32 (3.87) −2.38 (3.91) −0.64 (3.65) −0.64 (3.61) −2.02 (4.36) −2.16 (4.30)
 9–11th grade −2.30 (2.88) −2.51 (2.87) 0.89 (2.46) 0.65 (2.42) −0.34 (2.61) −0.64 (2.63)
 High School Graduate/ GED or equivalent (ref)
 Some college or AA degree 2.01 (1.79) 1.98 (1.77) 1.28 (2.19) 1.26 (2.21) −2.92 (2.07) −2.99 (2.06)
 College Graduate or above −0.64 (2.48) −0.59 (2.46) −0.95 (1.85) −0.86 (1.84) −3.53 (1.97) −3.53 (1.96)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White (ref)
 Mexican American 3.29 (2.69) 3.21 (2.63) 0.04 (1.74) −0.02 (1.68) −0.65 (1.49) −0.81 (1.41)
 Non-Hispanic Asian −0.46 (2.05) −0.34 (2.06) 0.70 (2.52) 1.03 (2.67) 1.01 (1.64) 0.67 (1.53)
 Non-Hispanic Black 5.14 (1.46)* 5.18 (1.40)* 4.57 (1.58)* 4.64 (1.55)* 3.11 (1.37)* 3.12 (1.37)*
 Other Hispanic 2.72 (2.10) 2.68 (1.98) −4.13 (1.49)* −4.13 (1.46)* −1.22 (1.54) −1.46 (1.57)
 Other race, including multi-racial −1.03 (3.26) −0.93 (3.44) 0.92 (4.25) 1.06 (4.46) 0.75 (3.91) 0.80 (4.06)
Family PIR −1.44 (0.58)* −1.47 (0.56)* −0.85 (0.32)* −0.89 (0.33)* −0.70 (0.62) −0.75 (0.63)
Smoking status
 Never (ref)
 Former 2.81 (1.27)* 2.86 (1.21)* −1.21 (1.69) −1.12 (1.68) −0.82 (1.43) −0.84 (1.44)
 Current 5.89 (2.96) 5.91 (2.91) 2.16 (2.24) 2.20 (2.13) 0.63 (2.08) 0.60 (2.06)
BMI*marijuana use
 BMI*never (ref)
 BMI*occasional 0.09 (0.18) 0.06 (0.23) 0.23 (0.21)
 BMI*former −0.30 (0.31) −0.45 (0.25) −0.16 (0.19)
 BMI*current 0.02 (0.33) −0.10 (0.16) 0.22 (0.21)
R 2 <0.01 0.01 0.09 0.09 <0.01 0.01 0.06 0.07 <0.01 <0.01 0.03 0.03
Adjusted R2 <0.01 0.01 0.09 0.09 <0.01 0.01 0.06 0.06 <0.01 <0.01 0.03 0.03

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.001.