Sweet taste sensitivity in pre-diabetics, diabetics and normoglycemic controls: A comparative cross sectional study

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wasalathanthri, Sudharshani ^a   Hettiarachchi, Priyadarshika ^b   Prathapan, Shamini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Diabetes mellitus; Pre diabetes; Recognition threshold; Suprathreshold ratings; Sweet taste

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; SUCROSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSGEUSIA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; TASTE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; PROGNOSIS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84906842395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-14-67     Document Type: Article

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