Table 5.
Mean and standard deviation (SD) for sweet taste threshold (TT), sweet taste preference (TP), BMI, initial, manifest lesions, and DMFS in Saudi schoolchildren (boys, girls).
| Variable | Boys (n = 114) |
Girls (n = 111) |
All (n = 225) |
p value(1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range | ||
| TT (gm/L) | 52.1 ± 58.7 | 1.6–410.8 | 22.9 ± 24.9 | 1.6–205.4 | 37.7 ± 47.5 | 1.6–410.8 | 0.000 |
| TP (gm/L) | 431.3 ± 316.3 | 1.6–821.5 | 205.1 ± 237.5 | 6.5–821.5 | 319.7 ± 302.1 | 1.6–821.5 | 0.000 |
| BMI | 25.1 ± 6.9 | 14.7–44.5 | 22.6 ± 4.8 | 12.6–37.7 | 23.9 ± 6.1 | 12.6 ± 44.5 | 0.002 |
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| Initial lesions | 4.9 ± 4.6 | 0–21 | 8.6 ± 9.8 | 0–59 | 6.7–7.8 | 0–59 | 0.000 |
| Manifest lesions | 1.7 ± 3.6 | 0–24 | 0.9 ± 1.6 | 0–9 | 1.3 ± 2.8 | 0–24 | 0.025 |
| DMFS | 3.1 ± 4.5 | 0–25 | 2.9 ± 3.5 | 0–22 | 3.0 ± 4.0 | 0–25 | 0.679 |
(1) p values: significance between boys and girls (independent t-test).