No significant difference in the percentage of weight
changes were observed based on taste scores (F =
-1.508; p = 0.218) (see Figure 4). The 19 participants who
recognized 75% of the taste solutions gained an average
of 4% body weight from the first recorded pretreatment
weight in the clinic chart to the weight recorded in the
clinic chart on the date of taste testing, whereas the 22
participants who scored higher than 90% on the taste
test lost more than 4% body weight. Participants' selfrated
taste scores did not predict significant weight loss
(F = 1.48; p = 0.22). However, patients with dysgeusia
lost more weight from pretreatment to the date of taste
testing. The 23 participants with dysgeusia lost more
than 7% of their body weight, and patients without
dysgeusia gained weight (t = 2.123; p = 0.037) from
pretreatment to the date of taste tesfing.