Differences in Swallowing between High and Low Concentration Taste Stimuli

Table 4

Descriptive statistics for H-gLMS ratings of palatability, 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
Bitter (+)	Young nontaster	−28.89	−39.16	−18.62	20.66
	Young supertaster	−61.40	−76.86	−45.94	27.91
	Mature nontaster	−42.00	−56.03	−27.97	24.30
	Mature supertaster	−62.35	−76.73	−47.98	27.96
Sour (+)	Young nontaster	−12.70	−31.94	6.54	41.11
	Young supertaster	−22.00	−41.86	−2.14	41.20
	Mature nontaster	−53.32	−70.33	−36.30	35.30
	Mature supertaster	−48.22	−62.50	−33.94	28.71
Salty (+)	Young nontaster	−21.56	−37.51	−5.60	32.09
	Young supertaster	−41.29	−56.96	−25.63	30.46
	Mature nontaster	−37.06	−53.95	−20.18	31.68
	Mature supertaster	−29.74	−49.91	−9.57	41.85
Bitter (−)	Young nontaster	−7.72	−13.12	−2.32	10.86
	Young supertaster	−22.44	−33.70	−11.19	22.64
	Mature nontaster	−12.60	−21.39	−3.81	15.86
	Mature supertaster	−11.90	−18.56	−5.24	14.24
Salty (−)	Young nontaster	−3.44	−9.04	2.15	11.25
	Young supertaster	−11.67	−19.93	−3.40	16.62
	Mature nontaster	−5.88	−13.69	1.94	14.67
	Mature supertaster	−1.45	−8.41	5.51	14.87
Sour (−)	Young nontaster	−5.11	−11.47	1.25	12.78
	Young supertaster	−2.94	−14.59	8.70	23.42
	Mature nontaster	0.50	−8.94	9.94	17.72
	Mature supertaster	−5.15	−10.45	0.15	11.32
Sweet (−)	Young nontaster	17.39	6.27	28.51	22.37
	Young supertaster	21.61	10.31	32.91	22.72
	Mature nontaster	24.06	17.02	31.10	13.21
	Mature supertaster	14.00	2.72	25.28	24.09
Sweet (+)	Young nontaster	32.00	19.62	44.38	24.89
	Young supertaster	38.28	25.83	50.72	25.03
	Mature nontaster	42.88	29.55	56.20	25.00
	Mature supertaster	21.10	0.14	42.06	44.79