Article
TAS2R38 Predisposition to Bitter Taste Associated with Differential Changes in Vegetable Intake in Response to a Community-Based Dietary Intervention.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 31 May 2018
Calancie Larissa, Keyserling Thomas C, Taillie Lindsey Smith, Robasky Kimberly, Patterson Cam, Ammerman Alice S, Schisler Jonathan C
Abstract excerpt
Although vegetable consumption associates with decreased risk for a variety of diseases, few Americans meet dietary recommendations for vegetable intake. TAS2R38 encodes a taste receptor that confers bitter taste sensing from chemicals found in some vegetables. Common polymorphisms in TAS2R38 lea...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cohort Studies
- Demography
- Diet
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Phenotype