Introduction: Modern research has reported variations in taste that results in food and beverage?-?-?-?- consumption. This is true that 15a€“25% of population is born with taste blindness to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). This study aimed to see frequency of taste-blindness among the medical students of DG Khan Medical College, Pakistan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which simple random sampling technique was applied. Medical students of DG Khan Medical College participated. Out of 381 students, 151 consented (78 female, 73 male) were evaluated for taste blindness. Age range was 17a€“23 years. A drop of 0.5% PTC solution was placed on the tongue and participants were asked to state the taste perceived. Results: Among males 13.70% and 14.10% females were taste blind to PTC respectively. On regional basis, 13.50% students of upper Punjab and 11.96% students of South Punjab were non-taster to PTC. Conclusion: So, 12.58% population of Punjab is taste blind. Pak J Physiol 2014;10(3-4):10a€“1.
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机译：简介：现代研究报告了口味的变化，导致食品和饮料的消耗量增加。的确，有15％至25％的人口出生时对苯硫脲（PTC）视而不见。这项研究旨在了解巴基斯坦DG Khan医学院的医学生中味觉失明的频率。方法：采用简单随机抽样技术进行横断面研究。 DG汗医学院的医学院学生参加了会议。在381名学生中，对151名知情者（78名女性，73名男性）进行了味盲评估。年龄范围为17到23岁。在舌头上滴入0.5％的PTC溶液，并要求参与者陈述感知到的味道。结果：在男性中，分别有13.70％和14.10％的女性对PTC视而不见。从地区来看，旁遮普省上层的13.50％学生和旁遮普省南部的11.96％学生都不喜欢PTC。结论：因此，旁遮普邦12.58％的人口是味盲的。 Pak J Physiol 2014; 10（3-4）：10a-1。
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