Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test
The effect of age and gender on taste function is rarely investigated. Therefore, we tried to study the effect of age and gender on taste function as evaluated by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test (WETT<sup>®</sup>). The WETT<sup>®</sup> consists of 40 strips that are coated...
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| description | The effect of age and gender on taste function is rarely investigated. Therefore, we tried to study the effect of age and gender on taste function as evaluated by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test (WETT<sup>®</sup>). The WETT<sup>®</sup> consists of 40 strips that are coated with one of five tastants (sucrose, citric acid, sodium chloride, caffeine, or monosodium glutamate). Each tastant is prepared with four different concentrations. These 40 strips are interspersed with an additional 13 tasteless strips. To implement the WETT<sup>®</sup>, a strip was placed on the middle portion of the tongue. The subjects closed their mouth and tasted the strip. They then chose one of six answers (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, brothy, or no taste at all). If the answer was correct, one score was acquired. One-hundred-and-twenty healthy men and women were collected in this study. Among them, there were 40 subjects in each age group of 20–39 years, 40–59 years, and ≥60 years. The overall taste and individual tastant function decreased with age, particularly between subjects aged 20–39 years and those aged ≥60 years. The overall taste and individual tastant function were better in females than in males, especially for subjects aged older than 59 years. Our results show that taste function is affected by both age and gender. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e773c2fe29924027afed4b7b5c03e6de2023-11-19T16:12:17ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182023-10-011320317210.3390/diagnostics13203172Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste TestRong-San Jiang0Yi-Fang Chiang1Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407219, TaiwanSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, TaiwanThe effect of age and gender on taste function is rarely investigated. Therefore, we tried to study the effect of age and gender on taste function as evaluated by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test (WETT<sup>®</sup>). The WETT<sup>®</sup> consists of 40 strips that are coated with one of five tastants (sucrose, citric acid, sodium chloride, caffeine, or monosodium glutamate). Each tastant is prepared with four different concentrations. These 40 strips are interspersed with an additional 13 tasteless strips. To implement the WETT<sup>®</sup>, a strip was placed on the middle portion of the tongue. The subjects closed their mouth and tasted the strip. They then chose one of six answers (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, brothy, or no taste at all). If the answer was correct, one score was acquired. One-hundred-and-twenty healthy men and women were collected in this study. Among them, there were 40 subjects in each age group of 20–39 years, 40–59 years, and ≥60 years. The overall taste and individual tastant function decreased with age, particularly between subjects aged 20–39 years and those aged ≥60 years. The overall taste and individual tastant function were better in females than in males, especially for subjects aged older than 59 years. Our results show that taste function is affected by both age and gender.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/20/3172ageself-administered Waterless Empirical Taste Testgendertastanttaste |
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| title | Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test |
| title_full | Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test |
| title_short | Effect of Age and Gender on Taste Function as Measured by the Waterless Empirical Taste Test |
| title_sort | effect of age and gender on taste function as measured by the waterless empirical taste test |
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