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Table 4 Median PROP taste test scores (on a scale of 0–10 with 10 being the most intense taste response) by diplotype in the ALSPAC cohort

From: Refining associations between TAS2R38 diplotypes and the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taste test: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Diplotype

N

Predicted PROP tasting ability

Median PROP Taste Score

IQR

AV/AV

1202

Non-taster

3.72

5.2

AV/AA

202

(Intermediate)

5.37

5

AV/PA

1893

Taster

7.48

2.6

AA/PA

140

Taster

7.58

2.85

PA/PA

727

Taster

8.07

2.5

  1. Common haplotypic combinations shown above account for >99% of the sample population included in analysis. IQR represents interquartile range. Derived from a sample base of 4178 (i.e. all those remaining with PROP taste test scores post haplotypic exclusion).