Gender Differences in the Appetite Response to a Satiating Diet
Table 4
Appetite sensations at the first () and fourth () feeding weeks in men and women.
Men ()
Women ()
Time
Gender-by-time
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
value
value
Mean appetite ratings before meals (mm)
Desire to eat
87.7
5.1
97.3
5.1
94.0
5.6
99.0
5.6
0.01
0.41
Hunger
87.4
5.1
92.7
5.2
91.4
5.7
96.5
5.6
0.08
0.97
Fullness
51.6
5.0
45.5
5.0
46.1
5.6
43.8
5.5
0.17
0.53
Prospective food consumption
87.3
3.9
101.6
3.9
95.0
4.4
98.4
4.3
0.002
0.04
Appetite score
90.2
4.3
99.1
4.3
96.0
4.8
100.4
4.7
0.009
0.36
Mean appetite ratings after meals (mm)
Desire to eat
14.1
2.4
20.2
2.4
14.9
2.8
12.1
2.7
0.03
0.10
Hunger
11.5
2.3
18.2
2.3
11.8
2.6
11.2
2.6
0.01
0.12
Fullness
124.6
3.4
122.8
3.4
131.1
3.8
129.8
3.7
0.48
0.91
Prospective food consumption
16.5
2.4
22.3
2.4
10.0
2.7
11.2
2.6
0.13
0.46
Appetite score
16.9
2.3
22.1
2.3
13.9
2.6
13.7
2.5
0.12
0.41
Mean satiety quotient (mm/100 kcal)
7.0
0.6
7.1
0.6
10.5
0.7
9.8
0.7
0.56
0.10
Increase in prospective food consumption was observed only in men, . There was no meal type by time effect for any of the appetite sensations for which a time or gender-by-time interaction was found. Consequently, all data are provided as estimated means of all meals combined from the linear mixed-effects model with their standard errors. Statistical analyses were performed with MIXED procedures. Statistical analysis was performed on transformed values.
