• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.749-757
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• 2013

Objectives : The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between salivary flow, palate recognition threshold, DMFT index and oral health influence point (OHIP-14) of the adults over 40 years old. Methods : Salivary flow and taste recognition threshold were measured in 220 adults over 40 years old from three dental clinics in Daegu from January 3 to February 4, 2012. A total of 208 questionnaires were analyzed. Results : The adults recognized the sour taste in low concentration level when the salivary flow was faster. DMFT index was low in those who recognized sweet and sour taste that affected OHIP-14. Conclusions : Tooth decaying food must be restricted because of its high acidity in the past despite the individuals' taste recognition threshold was neglected. Before the diet control, it is necessary to measure the taste threshold of the individuals. Training for improving salivary flow is very important to prevent dental caries and to preserve good taste.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2016

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze correlation thresholds and assessment for salty taste and high-salt dietary behaviors by age. Methods: A total of 524 subjects including 100 each of elementary school students, middle school students, college students, and elderly as well as 124 adults were surveyed for detection and recognition thresholds, salty taste assessments, and high-salt dietary behaviors. Results: Elementary students had a lower detection threshold (p<0.05) and recognition threshold (p<0.01) than did the other groups. Salty taste assessments were lowest among elementary students, followed by middle school students, while college students, adults, and elderly had higher assessment score (p<0.001). Elementary students had significantly lower scores for high-salt dietary behavior than did middle school students, college students, adults and elderly (p<0.001). Middle school students had higher scores for high-salt dietary behavior than did elementary school students and elderly (p<0.001) but no meaningful difference was found in dietary behavior scores between college students, adults, and elderly. There were positive correlations between high-salt dietary behavior and detection thresholds (p<0.001), recognition thresholds (p<0.001), and salty taste assessment (p<0.001). High-salt dietary behavior was more positively correlated with salty taste assessment than detection and recognition thresholds for salty taste. Conclusions: This study suggested that salty taste assessments were positively associated with scores for the detection and recognition thresholds and high-salt dietary behavior.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.2234-2243
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• 2013

이 연구는 대구지역 40대 이상 성인을 대상으로 6단계의 용액을 이용하여 미각인지역치(단맛, 짠맛, 신맛, 쓴맛), 흡습지를 사용하여 타액분비량을 측정하여 DMFT index와 OHIP-14와의 관련성을 알아보고자 하였다 그 결과 구강보건실천은 미각인지역치에, 식습관은 타액분비량에 영향을 주고, 미각인지역치 중 단맛과 신맛, 그리고 타액분비량은 DMFT index에 영향을 주어 구강건강상태가 좋으면 OHIP-14도 높아지는 결과를 나타내었다. 구강보건실천도와 식습관이 좋은 사람이 미각과 타액분비량, DMFT index에 영향을 주는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 결과는 OHIP-14를 향상시키기 위해서는 구강보건실천도를 높여 미각인지역치 감수성을 높이고 식습관을 개선하여 타액분비량을 증가시켜 DMFT index를 감소시키는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다고 생각된다. 지금까지는 개인의 미각인지역치 수준의 평가 없이 일률적인 식이교육이 이루어지고 있어 구강보건교육 시 대상자의 미각인지역치를 측정하여 알려줌으로써 스스로 조절할 수 있는 교육 프로그램 개발이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.223-232
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• 2013

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of salt (NaCl) recognition threshold and pleasant salt concentrations of Korean rural elderly subjects on preference of salty food as well as food group consumption patterns. The subjects were 213 elderly people (male 71 and female 142) over 65 and under 90 yr of age from Sunchang area. The higher values were found with male subjects in the areas of basic taste recognition threshold and pleasant concentration level of salt. The taste sensitivity scores of male subjects did not decrease with the increasing age, but female subjects exhibited a significant decrease with the age. The major determinant factor of salt preference of the elderly subjects in this study appeared to be personal pleasant concentration of salt rather than salt recognition threshold level and this trend was more evident in males than in females. The subject group of lower salt pleasant concentration i.e. consuming less salt showed the higher number of fruit and fruit juice intakes per week, and higher MNA (define this) scores were implying that they display more desirable nutritional status. Therefore, nutritional education focused on not only a variety of food consumption but also lowering pleasant salt concentration levels is advised to improve the quality of nutrition in the elderly.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.670-678
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• 2010

Recognition thresholds for NaCl, sucrose, citric acid, and caffeine, as well as the pleasant concentration of NaCl were assessed in 176 males and 312 females aged 50-88 years. Furthermore, relationships among taste sensitivities, taste preferences, and lifestyles were examined. The taste solutions were presented one after the other in ascending order using the sip-and-spit method. For the recognition thresholds of the 4 basic tastes, women perceived significantly lower concentrations than the men. However, the pleasant concentration of NaCl did not show a gender difference. Sensitivities for the 4 basic tastes did not decrease with age in the men, but they did significantly decrease with age for the women, especially for those above 70 years. For men, regular exercise was positively correlated with sensitivities for sour taste and bitter taste, and physical activity was negatively correlated with the pleasant concentrations of NaCl. For women, who had more physical activity, sensitivities for sweet taste and sour taste were lower compared to the others. This study indicates that the sensitivities for 4 basic tastes in water diminished with age, but pleasant salt concentration did not change with age. Further research on pleasant NaCl concentration is required to determine factors affecting salt preference, in order to decrease salt intake in the elderly.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.780-787
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• 2017

The consumption of high-salt foods is an independent risk factor for increased hypertension. Thus, evaluating the relationship of taste sensitivity and pleasantness of high-salt foods such as Korean jang products, would help contribute to an understanding of salty food eating behaviors of the Korean rural elderly. This study aimed to verify the association between taste sensitivity and salinity of Korean jang products, and the preferences of food groups and nutrient intake in the rural elderly. We studied 269 elderly persons (males 83, females 186) aged above 65 years, residing in the rural area, Sunchang gun Jeonbuk. For each subject, a recognition threshold of 4 basic tastes and pleasant concentrations of NaCl were estimated using the sip- and-spit method. Taste preferences, frequency of intake of food groups, nutrient intakes, and salinity and sweetness of Korean jang products (Doenjang, Ganjang, Gochujang) were assessed. No association was found between salt taste recognition threshold and optimally preferred concentration of salt and salinity of Korean jang products. However, the sweet taste recognition threshold was positively related to the sweetness of Korean jang products. Also, the salinity of Doenjang positively correlated with the frequencies of food groups and nutrient intakes. That is to say that the sweet taste sensitivity was related to the sweetness of Korean jang products, but was not sensitive to the salty taste. The salinity of Doenjang correlated with the consumption of food and nutrient intakes. Taken together, these findings suggest the need for appropriate intervention and education to reduce the salinity of Doenjang, which is an important modifiable factor contributing to reducing sodium intake in the rural elderly.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.145-154
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between taste perceptions and risk factors for health of Korean elderly living in rural areas. Recognition thresholds for four basic tastes, drug consumption, BMI, fasting blood glucose, serum total cholesterol, serum triglyceride, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure were assessed in 176 males and 312 females aged between 50 and 88 years. For the recognition threshold of the four basic tastes, alcohol drinking did not influence their sensitivities, but the alcohol drinking group preferred a higher pleasant concentration of NaCl than did the non-alcohol drinking group. However, smoking significantly decreased sensitivities of the four basic tastes. For the pleasant concentration of NaCl, the smoking group tended to prefer a higher concentration than the non-smoking group. Drug consumption, fasting blood glucose, serum total cholesterol, and serum triglycerides did not have a significant correlation to the sensitivity of the four basic tastes and preference of salty solution. Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure may have been positively correlated with the pleasant concentration of NaCl but did not correlate with the recognition thresholds of NaCl and sucrose. Further, systolic blood pressure was negatively correlated with the recognition thresholds of caffeine, whereas diastolic blood pressure was negatively correlated with the recognition thresholds of caffeine and citric acid. The finding that the risk factors for health correlated with taste perception has diagnostic and practical implications for health promotion for the elderly.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.425-430
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• 1990

MSG의 맛 표현용어를 설문조사를 통하여 수집분석하고 관능검사를 통한 MSG의 감응역가를 다른 기본 맛의 역가와 비교하였으며, MSG가 다른 기본 맛 성분에 첨가되었을때 일어나는 맛의 강도변화를 관능적 방법으로 측정하였다. 96명의 설문 응답자로부터 수집분석한 자료에 의하면 MSG 자체의 맛은 느끼한 맛(58%)과 역겨운 맛(24%)으로 주로 표현되었으나 음식에 첨가됨으로써 기대 되는 맛은 감칠 맛(79%)으로 주로 표현(表現)되었다. 관능검사자들이 MSG 수용액을 직접 맛보고 표현한 용어로는 최소 감각농도 부근의 낮은 농도에서는 느끼한 맛, 쓴맛, 단맛 등이 감지되었으나 최소 감미농도 이상에서는 느끼한 맛과 짠맛이 주로 표시되었다. MSG 수용액의 최소 감각농도는 0.002mole 수준이었으며 최소 감미농도는 0.006mole 수준이었다. MSG와 기본 맛 성분(成分)과의 상호작용을 보면 MSG가 식염용액에 첨가되면 짠맛의 상승작용을 나타내었다. 그러나 MSG가 설탕용액에 첨가되면 첨가된 MSG 농도가 낮은 때(0.01M)에는 다소 단맛의 상승효과를 나타내었으나 MSG 농도가 높아지면 단맛의 억제효과를 나타내었다. MSG를 구연산용액에 첨가했을 때는 전반적으로 신맛의 억제효과가 나타났다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.706-716
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• 2005

High blood pressure is an important determinant of the incidence of coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, renal failure, and peripheral vascular disease. Recommendations for control of high blood pressure emphasize lifestyle modification, including weight control, reduced sodium intake, increased physical activity. Subjects who were normotensive (n=19, $47.2\pm9.0$ y, BP l16/81 mmHg) ,treatment hypertensive (n=33, $54.2\pm6.9$ y, BP 132/85 mmHg) and non-treatment hypertensive (n=14, $50.1\pm11.0$ y, 149/94 mmHg) recruited. Anthropometric assessment (height weight waist circumference, hip circumference, fat$\%$, fat mass, and lean body mass) and dietary assessments (using 3-days food records, daily nutrient intakes were inuysed by CAN PRO 2.0 were carried out. Blood and 24-hour urine were collected). Test of recognition for salt taste threshold were performed. In non-treatment hypertensive male subjects, weight, $\%$IBW, BMI, and waist circumference were significantly higher than those of normotensive and treatment hypertensive subjects (p<0.05) .Food habits were not significantly different among the three groups. Intakes of vitamin A, vitamin B,, and vitamin B, were significantly higher in normotensive group (p<0.05). Intakes of sodium and salt taste recognition threshold were the highest in normotensive group and the lowest in treatment hypertensive group (p<0.05). Blood levels of lipids and minerals were not significantly different among the three groups. Urinary calcium level of normotensive group were significantly higher than that of treatment hypertensive and non-treatment hypertensive groups (p<0.05). These results indicate that continuous management of hypertension by drug and non-drug treatment affects salt taste recognition threshold and reduced the consumption of sodium. However, dietary sodium intake exceed recommended sodium intake to prevent and treat hypertension. It is necessary to develop the lifestyle modification program that may have beneficial effects on hypertension treatment.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.646-651
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• 1995

순수 물질 수용액의 표면장력치 측정과 JND를 통한 맛 관능 분석에 의해 쓴 맛 물질의 표면 장력과 쓴 맛 간의 상관성을 연구한 결과, 모든 쓴 맛 물질 수용액은 용액의 농도가 증가함에 따라 표면 장력이 감소되어 Szyszkowski 방정식과 Techplot program으로 표면 장력 감소 곡선을 수학적으로 나타낼 수 있었고 또한 관능 분석에 의한 JND 맛 곡선도 같은 방법으로 묘사하여 상호 비교됨을 알 수 있었다. 또한 측정된 모든 쓴 맛 성분들에 대하여 표면 장력 곡선으로부터 상수 a, b 값을, 맛 곡선으로부터 상수 A, B 값을 계산하여 쓴 맛 인지역치 $log\;C_{1}$과 평형 상수 b 값 간의 음의 상관 관계식을 구하였다. 또한 쓴 맛 인지역치 농도 $log\;C_{1}$과 기계적인 측정치로 산출된 parameter들의 상관성을 PV-wave 프로그램을 이용해서 3차원적으로 비교한 $log\;C_{1}$/a/b와 $log\;C_{1}$/A/B간의 상관관계는 주목할 만하며 이는 용액과 기체간의 계면 system에서의 계면 흡착 모델이 구강 내에서의 조직과 용액 간의 관능적 모델에도 적용됨을 나타내며 나아가 표면장력치의 측정이, 신경자극 전달 측정을 위한 Beidler의 이론과 Szyszkowski 방정식을 이용하여 쓴 맛을 기계적으로 측정하는 독립적인 방법을 개발하는데 응용될 수 있음을 시사해 준다.