Table 6.
Marijuana use, BMI, smoking, and demographic characteristics as correlates of tongue tip taste test ratings for quinine and NaCl
| Quinine 1 mM (N = 1398) Coef (SE) |
NaCl, 0.32 mM (N = 1391) Coef (SE) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Intercept | 15.42 (0.75) |
14.54 (1.95) |
14.16 (4.95) | 13.07 (6.77) | 26.77 (0.58) |
23.67 (1.81) |
27.39 (4.00) | 27.05 (3.49) |
| Marijuana use | ||||||||
| Never (ref) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Occasional | −2.07 | −2.04 | −1.50 | −2.52 | −2.75 | −2.64 | −1.87 | −4.53 |
| (0.80)* | (0.76)* | (0.76) | (4.84) | (1.34) | (1.36) | (1.12) | (5.80) | |
| Former | −2.87 | −2.85 | −1.69 | 5.03 | −2.53 | −2.45 | −0.89 | 6.29 |
| (1.11)* | (1.09)* | (1.23) | (5.36) | (1.01)* | (1.01)* | (1.60) | (7.05) | |
| Current | −4.38 | −4.31 | −3.36 | 1.18 | −1.13 | −0.88 | −0.35 | 2.46 |
| (1.47)* | (1.44)* | (1.26)* | (4.76) | (1.91) | (1.92) | (1.84) | (8.87) | |
| BMI | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.06 | ||
| (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.13) | (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.13) | |||
| Age | −0.07 | −0.07 | −0.07 | −0.08 | ||||
| (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.07) | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male (ref) | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Female | 5.16 | 5.25 | 5.18 | 5.25 | ||||
| (0.90)** | (0.92)** | (1.17)** | (1.20)** | |||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than 9th grade | −1.75 | −1.69 | −2.84 | −2.82 | ||||
| (2.47) | (2.40) | (2.67) | (2.61) | |||||
| 9–11th grade | −1.27 | −1.40 | 0.58 | 0.38 | ||||
| (1.41) | (1.45) | (1.94) | (1.82) | |||||
| High School Graduate/ GED or equivalent (ref) | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Some College or AA degree | 0.17 | 0.18 | −2.37 | −2.39 | ||||
| (1.60) | (1.62) | (1.93) | (1.92) | |||||
| College Graduate or above | −0.43 | −0.35 | −2.78 | −2.69 | ||||
| (1.76) | (1.73) | (1.76) | (1.71) | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White (ref) | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Mexican American | 2.08 | 2.05 | 1.35 | 1.29 | ||||
| (1.39) | (1.39) | (1.56) | (1.54) | |||||
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 3.15 | 3.34 | 1.99 | 2.07 | ||||
| (0.95)* | (1.16)* | (1.17) | (1.28) | |||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2.27 | 2.31 | 4.75 | 4.81 | ||||
| (0.78)* | (0.78)* | (1.35)* | (1.35)* | |||||
| Other Hispanic | 4.19 | 4.20 | −1.87 | −1.93 | ||||
| (1.74)* | (1.68)* | (1.17) | (1.20) | |||||
| Other race, including multi-racial | 1.85 | 1.89 | 3.34 | 3.40 | ||||
| (2.08) | (1.95) | (2.17) | (2.07) | |||||
| Family PIR | 0.21 | 0.19 | −0.04 | −0.07 | ||||
| (0.22) | (0.22) | (0.32) | (0.32) | |||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never (ref) | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Former | −0.004 | 0.04 | −2.13 | −2.07 | ||||
| (1.14) | (1.15) | (1.46) | (1.43) | |||||
| Current | 1.16 | 1.18 | −0.31 | −0.28 | ||||
| (1.44) | (1.41) | (1.74) | (1.69) | |||||
| BMI*marijuana use | ||||||||
| BMI*never (ref) | — | — | ||||||
| BMI*occasional | 0.04 | 0.09 | ||||||
| (0.16) | (0.21) | |||||||
| BMI*former | −0.22 | −0.24 | ||||||
| (0.19) | (0.23) | |||||||
| BMI*current | −0.16 | −0.10 | ||||||
| (0.16) | (0.28) | |||||||
| R 2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.06 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.001.