年龄和性别对味觉功能的影响,通过无水体实证味觉测试测量
Rong-San Jiang1,2, Yi-Fang Chiang3
1Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407219, Taiwan.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 28, 2023
概括
味觉功能随着年龄的增长而下降,特别是在60岁以后. 女人通常表现出比男性更好的味觉感知,特别是在老年人群中,这表明年龄和性别影响味道.
科学领域:
- 感官科学 感官科学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 人体生理学 人体生理学
背景情况:
- 衰老和性别对味觉感知的影响还没有得到充分的研究.
- 了解这些人口对味道的影响对于公共卫生和个性化营养至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究年龄和性别对味觉功能的影响.
- 通过使用标准化测试,评估不同年龄人口的口味感知.
主要方法:
- 使用无水实验味道测试 (WETT®),使用40个有味道涂层条 (五种味道,四种度) 和13个无味道条.
- 评估了120名健康参与者 (每年龄组为40人:20-39岁,40-59岁,≥60岁) 对他们识别口味的能力.
- 评分基于对甜味,酸味,味,苦味或味的正确识别.
主要成果:
- 随着年龄的增长,整体的味觉功能和个体的味觉感知显著下降,最显著的是20-39岁和≥60岁之间的年龄组.
- 与男性相比,女性表现出优越的味觉功能,这种差异在59岁以上的个体中更为明显.
结论:
- 年龄和性别都显著影响味觉功能.
- 味觉下降是衰老的一个显著方面,性别起到了缓和作用,特别是在老年人中.
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