Taste hyposensitivity in Japanese schoolchildren

Ohnuki, Mari; Ueno, Masayuki; Zaitsu, Takashi; Kawaguchi, Yoko

doi:10.1186/1472-6831-14-36

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Association between taste hyposensitivity and oral health status

From: Taste hyposensitivity in Japanese schoolchildren

			Sweet-taste hyposensitivity				Salt-taste hyposensitivity				Sour-taste hyposensitivity				Bitter-taste hyposensitivity
			+		–		+		–		+		–		+		–
Grade	variables	Category	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	DT+dt	0	5	7.8	59	92.2	8	12.5	56	87.5	16	25.0	48	75.0	12	18.8	52	81.3
	DT+dt	1+	7	14.9	40	85.1	10	21.3	37	78.7	16	34.0	31	66.0	6	12.8	41	87.2
	FT + ft	0	4	9.1	40	90.9	9	20.5	35	79.5	16	36.4	28	63.6	4	9.1	40	90.2
	FT + ft	1+	8	11.9	59	88.1	9	13.4	58	86.6	16	23.9	51	76.3	14	20.9	53	79.1
1^st-3^rd	Plaque	0	7	12.5	49	87.5	13	23.3	43	76.8	16	28.6	40	71.4	12	21.4	44	78.6
1^st-3^rd	Plaque	1+	5	9.1	50	90.9	5	9.1	50	90.9	16	29.9	39	70.9	6	10.9	49	89.1
	Gingivitis	0	9	11.4	70	88.6	14	17.7	65	82.3	27	34.2	52	65.8	13	16.5	66	71.0
	Gingivitis	1+	3	9.4	29	90.6	4	12.5	28	87.5	5	15.6	27	84.4	5	15.6	27	29.0
	Area of tongue coating	0,1	6	11.3	47	88.7	10	18.9	43	81.1	17	32.1	36	67.9	9	17.0	44	83.0
	Area of tongue coating	2+	6	10.3	52	89.7	8	13.8	50	86.2	15	25.9	43	74.1	9	15.5	49	84.5
	Thickness of tongue coating	0,1	7	10.4	60	89.6	13	19.4	54	80.6	21	31.3	46	68.7	13	19.4	54	80.6
	Thickness of tongue coating	2+	5	11.4	39	88.6	5	11.4	39	88.6	11	25.0	33	75.0	5	11.4	39	88.6
	DT+dt	0	5	4.8	99	95.2	7	6.7	97	93.3	18	17.3	86	82.7	3	2.9	101	97.1
	DT+dt	1+	1	4.5	21	95.5	4	18.2	18	81.8	8	36.4	14	63.6	0	0.0	22	100.0
	FT + ft	0	4	8.9	41	91.1	2	4.4	43	95.6	6	13.3	39	86.7	2	44.4	43	95.6
	FT + ft	1+	2	2.5	79	97.5	9	11.1	72	88.9	20	24.7	61	75.3	1	1.2	80	98.8
4^th-6^th	Plaque	0	3	5.3	99	94.7	5	8.8	52	91.2	12	21.1	86	78.9	1	1.8	56	98.2
4^th-6^th	Plaque	1+	3	4.3	21	95.7	6	8.7	63	91.3	14	20.3	14	79.7	2	2.9	67	97.1
	Gingivitis	0	4	6.1	62	93.9	6	9.1	60	90.9	13	19.7	53	80.3	1	1.5	65	98.5
	Gingivitis	1+	2	3.3	58	96.7	5	8.3	55	91.7	13	21.7	47	78.3	2	3.3	58	96.7
	Area of tongue coating	0,1	3	7.3	38	92.7	3	7.3	38	92.7	4	9.8	37	90.2	2	4.9	39	95.1
	Area of tongue coating	2+	3	3.5	82	96.5	8	9.4	77	90.6	22	25.9	63	74.1	1	1.2	84	98.8
	Thickness of tongue coating	0,1	2	3.4	56	96.6	4	6.9	54	93.1	9	15.5	49	84.5	1	1.7	57	98.3
	Thickness of tongue coating	2+	4	5.9	64	94.1	7	10.3	61	89.7	17	25.0	51	75.0	2	2.9	66	97.1
	DT+dt	0	3	3.7	78	96.3	16	19.8	65	80.2	10	12.3	71	87.7	0	0.0	81	100.0
	DT+dt	1+	1	3.2	30	96.8	5	16.1	26	83.9	5	16.1	26	83.9	0	0.0	31	100.0
	FT + ft	0	2	4.8	40	95.2	8	19.0	34	81.0	4	9.5	38	90.5	0	0.0	42	100.0
	FT + ft	1+	2	2.9	68	97.1	13	18.6	54	81.4	11	15.7	59	84.3	0	0.0	70	100.0
7^th-9^th	Plaque	0	0	0.0	23	100.0	5	21.7	18	78.3	6	26.1	17	73.9	0	0.0	23	100.0
7^th-9^th	Plaque	1+	4	4.5	85	95.5	16	18.0	73	82.0	9	10.1	80	89.9	0	0.0	89	100.0
	Gingivitis	0	0	0.0	43	100.0	6	14.0	37	86.0	8	18.6	35	81.4	0	0.0	43	100.0
	Gingivitis	1+	4	5.8	65	95.5	15	21.7	54	78.3	7	10.1	62	89.9	0	0.0	69	100.0
	Area of tongue coating	0,1	2	2.9	66	97.1	12	82.4	56	82.4	10	14.7	58	85.3	0	0.0	68	100.0
	Area of tongue coating	2+	2	4.5	42	95.5	9	79.5	35	79.5	5	11.7	39	88.6	0	0.0	44	100.0
	Thickness of tongue coating	0,1	2	2.4	82	97.6	14	16.7	70	83.3	12	14.3	72	85.7	0	0.0	84	100.0
	Thickness of tongue coating	2+	2	7.1	26	92.9	7	25.0	21	75.0	3	10.7	25	89.3	0	0.0	28	100.0

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