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Table 1 Quartiles of liking scores for the fat sensation, sweet and salty tastes, n = 24,776, NutriNet-Santé cohort, France

From: Associations between liking for fat, sweet or salt and obesity risk in French adults: a prospective cohort study

Liking scores

Sex

Mean

SD a

Quartile 1 “Low liking”

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4 “High liking”

Fat

Women

3.75 b

1.40

0.00, 2.76

2.76, 3.65

3.65, 4.64

4.64, 8.80

 

Men

3.95

1.42

0.09, 2.97

2.97, 3.86

3.86, 4.84

4.84, 9.61

Sweet

Women

3.64 b

1.28

0.00, 2.72

2.72, 3.54

3.54, 4.47

4.47, 9.35

 

Men

4.03

1.35

0.12, 3.07

3.07, 3.97

3.97, 4.94

4.94, 9.55

Salt

Women

3.76

1.52

0.00, 2.77

2.77, 3.77

3.77, 4.72

4.72, 10.0

 

Men

3.80

1.59

0.00, 2.76

2.77, 3.82

3.82, 4.86

4.87, 10.0

  1. a Standard deviations
  2. b Different from men, P < 0.0001