Association between anorexia and hyposalivation in community-dwelling older adults in Japan: a 6-year longitudinal study

Table 2 Changes in appetite during the 6-year follow-up and comparison between the non-hyposalivation and hyposalivation groups

	Non-hyposalivation N = 177	p-value^a	Hyposalivation N = 43	p-value^a	p-value^b
CNAQ-J, points, median (IQR)
Baseline	30 (29–32)	0.615^c	29 (28–30)	0.104^c	0.007^d
Follow-up	30 (28–32)	0.615^c	29 (27–30)	0.104^c	0.001^d

CNAQ-J, Japanese version of the Council on Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire; IQR, interquartile range
^a p-value for the comparison between baseline and follow-up period
^b p-value for the comparison between the non-hyposalivation and hyposalivation groups
^c Wilcoxon signed-rank test
^d Mann–Whitney U test

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