TABLE 1.

Age‐corrected mean (SEM) WETT scores for the Chinese and American Men and Women

Gender	Chinese	American	% Difference
Total taste test score (score of 53 possible)
Men	32.24 (1.36)	31.83 (1.15)	−1.27
Women	33.85 (1.27)	38.19 (0.81)	+12.82
% Diff	+4.99	+19.98
Sucrose (sweet) taste score (score of 8 possible)
Men	5.25 (0.31)	4.73 (0.26)	−9.90
Women	5.12 (0.29)	5.76 (0.18)	+12.50
% Diff	−2.48	+21.78
Citric acid (sour) taste test score (score of 8 possible)
Men	4.31 (0.34)	4.96 (0.29)	+15.08
Women	4.65 (0.32)	6.16 (0.20)	+32.5
% Diff	+7.89	+24.19
Sodium chloride (salty) taste test score (score of 8 possible)
Men	5.04 (0.31)	5.14 (0.26)	+0.02
Women	5.49 (0.29)	5.92 (0.18)	+7.83
% Diff	+8.93	+15.18
Caffeine (bitter) taste test score (score of 8 possible)
Men	4.34 (0.34)	4.55 (0.31)	+4.84
Women	4.37 (0.34)	5.67 (0.22)	+29.75
% Diff	+0.01	+24.62	—
Monosodium glutamate (brothy) taste test score (score of 8 possible)
Men	2.60 (0.32)	2.15 (0.27)	−17.31
Women	3.63 (0.30)	2.71 (0.19)	−25.34
% Diff	+39.62	+26.05