Differences in Swallowing between High and Low Concentration Taste Stimuli

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for gLMS ratings of perceived intensity, shown by taste quality, stimulus concentration, participant age group, and genetic taste status.

Taste quality/stimulus concentration	Age group/genetic taste status	Mean	95% confidence interval		Standard deviation
			Lower boundary	Upper boundary
Salty (−)	Young nontaster	6.44	3.18	9.71	6.57
	Young supertaster	14.06	3.17	24.94	21.89
	Mature nontaster	7.44	4.32	10.57	4.07
	Mature supertaster	9.30	5.24	13.36	5.68
Sour (−)	Young nontaster	10.35	5.56	15.14	9.31
	Young supertaster	10.28	6.66	13.89	7.27
	Mature nontaster	11.07	4.23	17.91	11.85
	Mature supertaster	14.58	8.17	21.00	10.09
Sweet (−)	Young nontaster	12.79	6.42	19.16	13.21
	Young supertaster	16.05	9.67	22.43	13.63
	Mature nontaster	14.32	7.56	21.07	14.01
	Mature supertaster	18.60	11.87	25.33	12.15
Bitter (−)	Young nontaster	16.86	6.29	27.42	18.30
	Young supertaster	24.07	12.33	35.81	21.20
	Mature nontaster	13.00	2.13	23.87	15.20
	Mature supertaster	22.43	13.66	31.20	15.18
Sweet (+)	Young nontaster	33.80	26.63	40.97	15.33
	Young supertaster	47.20	36.34	58.06	23.21
	Mature nontaster	46.25	33.65	58.85	26.93
	Mature supertaster	63.60	53.21	73.99	22.20
Bitter (+)	Young nontaster	41.42	30.65	52.20	22.36
	Young supertaster	64.05	52.38	75.72	24.94
	Mature nontaster	39.40	24.01	54.79	32.89
	Mature supertaster	66.83	57.41	76.26	18.96
Sour (+)	Young nontaster	42.20	33.36	51.04	18.88
	Young supertaster	62.15	50.58	73.72	24.73
	Mature nontaster	55.20	43.69	66.71	24.60
	Mature supertaster	67.75	57.98	77.52	20.87
Salty (+)	Young nontaster	50.26	38.31	62.21	24.79
	Young supertaster	61.00	50.19	71.81	23.10
	Mature nontaster	53.55	42.24	64.86	24.17
	Mature supertaster	67.35	59.77	74.93	16.19