Structural equation modeling of associations among taste-related risk factors, taste functioning, and adiposity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Variation in taste perception and exposure to risk factors of taste alterations have been independently linked with elevated adiposity. Using a laboratory database, taste-adiposity associations were modeled and examined for whether taste functioning mediates the association between taste-related risk factors and adiposity.

Methods

Healthy women (n = 407, 35.5 ± 16.9 y) self-reported histories of risk factors of altered taste functioning (tonsillectomy, multiple ear infections, head trauma) and were assessed for taste functioning (tongue-tip and whole-mouth intensities of quinine and salt) and density of taste papillae. Twenty-four percent had elevated waist circumferences; thirty-nine percent had overweight or obesity. Using structural equation modeling, direct and

SUBMITTER: Rawal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373933 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature