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. 2022 Mar 24;10(3):e30789. doi: 10.2196/30789

Table 2.

Masticatory behavior while eating a rice ball in the laboratory.


n Number of chews
Number of chews per bite
Number of bites
Chewing rate (/min)


median (IQR) P value median (IQR) P value median (IQR) P value median (IQR) P value
All 99 192 (106) a 10.7 (5.1) 18.0 (7.5) 70.7 (8.6)
Sex .009 .01 <.001 .008

Men 50 172 (106) 11.7 (7.6) 15.0 (7.5) 72.3 (10.2)

Women 49 208 (106) 10.1 (3.6) 21.0 (9.0) 70.1 (9.3)
MetSb .24 .83 .39 .25

Yes 8 171 (67) 11.6 (7.7) 16.5 (5.8) 72.9 (12.9)

No 91 199 (110) 10.7 (5.1) 18.5 (8.0) 70.4 (9.2)
pre-MetS .02 .92 .04 .39

Yes 14 162 (56) 11.6 (7.2) 15.0 (8.5) 71.7 (10.7)

No 85 202 (114) 10.7 (5.0) 19.0 (9.0) 70.4 (8.8)
possible MetS <.001 .74 .001 .92

Yes 52 174 (84) 10.6 (5.8) 16.3 (7.3) 71.4 (9.9)

No 47 214 (114) 10.8 (4.6) 20.5 (9.5) 70.3 (8.6)
Abdominal circumference (m) .004 .90 .006 .86

ACc(+) 24 166 (80) 10.9 (7.1) 15.0 (7.5) 71.2 (10.5)

AC(–) 75 206 (118) 10.7 (4.8) 20.0 (10.5) 70.4 (8.5)
Serum lipid (mmol/L) .04 .87 .15 .73

SLd(+) 13 161 (48) 11.7 (7.9) 17.0 (9.5) 71.3 (14.1)

SL(–) 86 203 (113) 10.7 (4.9) 18.5 (8.6) 70.5 (8.4)
Blood pressure (mm Hg) .01 .91 .02 .91

BPe(+) 36 168 (84) 10.9 (5.6) 16.3 (6.4) 71.4 (9.9)

BP(–) 63 206 (113) 10.7 (4.9) 20.0 (10.0) 70.4 (8.5)
Fasting glucose (mmol/L) .77 .76 .65 .40

GLUf(+) 7 208 (90) 11.5 (5.2) 17.0 (11.0) 73.4 (6.5)

GLU(–) 92 191 (110) 10.7 (5.2) 18.3 (7.9) 70.4 (9.4)

aNot applicable.

bMetS: metabolic syndrome.

cAC: abdominal circumference (men ≥0.85 m, women ≥0.90 m).

dSL: serum lipids (triglyceride ≥1.69 mmol/L or HDL cholesterol <1.04 mmol/L).

eBP: blood pressure (systolic pressure ≥130 mm Hg or diastolic pressure ≥85 mm Hg).

fGLU: fasting glucose concentration (≥6.1 mmol/L).