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Table 5.

Comparison between the elderly (GI) and adult (GII) groups for final intensity (FI).

Consistency	Elderly group	Adult group	p-value
Dry	73.2 dB	4.7 dB	0.0000^a
Liquid – DL	87.7 dB	2.5 dB	0.0000^a
Liquid – 5 mL	84.1 dB	86.6 dB	0.0068^a
Liquid – 10 mL	36.2 dB	73.0 dB	0.0000^a
Nectar – DL	87.7 dB	73.2 dB	0.0000^a
Nectar – 5 mL	84.0 dB	76.8 dB	0.0000^a
Nectar – 10 mL	43.6 dB	39.1 dB	0.0000^a
Honey – DL	87.9 dB	88.9 dB	0.0340^a
Honey – 5 mL	84.1 dB	75.0 dB	0.0000^a
Honey – 10 mL	40.4 dB	43.9 dB	0.0012^a
Pudding – DL	87.7 dB	76.6 dB	0.0000^a
Pudding – 5 mL	83.9 dB	75.6 dB	0.0000^a
Pudding – 10 mL	31.6 dB	30.4 dB	0.1312

Student's t-test.

Significant differences at the 0.05 significance level.