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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 indirect associations between taste-related risk factors, taste functioning, and adiposity were tested.

Results

In models with good fit, elevated central adiposity was explained directly by history of risk factors (tonsillectomy, multiple ear infections) and directly by lower taste functioning (lower tongue-tip taste function, lower papillae density). Risk factors of taste alterations were significantly associated with lower taste functioning, with taste mediating the association between head trauma and reduced adiposity.

Conclusions

This large laboratory-based study supports associations between taste-related risk factors, taste functioning, and adiposity. These findings need to be confirmed with other population-based studies, including the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014 taste data.

SUBMITTER: Rawal S

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Rawal Shristi S Huedo-Medina Tania B TB Hoffman Howard J HJ Swede Helen H Duffy Valerie B VB

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20170227 4

<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>Healthy women (n = 407, 35.5 ± 16.9 y) self-reported histories of risk factors of altered taste functioning (tonsillectomy, multiple ear infec ...[more]

PMID: 28240820

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

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