Table 1:

Associations between sociodemographic and lifestyle confounders and peri-pubertal DMFT scores among 386 Mexico City adolescents.

Table 1: Original to this manuscript.

Sociodemographic Characteristics	N	% of D₁MFT >0	D₁MFT: Mean (±SD)	% of D₄MFT>0	D₄MFT: Mean (±SD)
	386
Child’s Sex
Male	186	74.73	4.71±4.47	35.48	1.05±1.92
Female	200	79.50	5.34±4.40	46.00	1.28±1.84
P value¹		0.27	0.16	0.04	0.37
Enrollment Cohort
2 (1997–2000)	144	79.86	6.07±4.55	52.08	1.71±2.34
3 (2001–2005)	242	75.62	4.42±4.26	34.30	0.85±1.46
P value		0.34	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Mother’s Education (y)
Did not complete secondary (<9)	48	77.08	6.00±4.87	35.42	1.04±1.80
Completed some high school (9 to <12)	156	79.49	5.05±4.28	48.08	1.28±1.97
Completed high school (12)	129	75.97	4.91±4.54	37.21	0.99±1.67
Higher education (>12)	53	73.58	4.43±4.21	33.96	1.38±2.16
P trend²		0.46	0.10	0.26	0.87
Peri-pubertal Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Intake: Mean (ml)
1^stQuartile: 141.52	46	72.63	4.89±4.60	44.21	1.25±1.77
2^nd Quartile: 399.74	59	82.69	5.18±4.13	40.38	1.35±2.21
3^rd Quartile: 663.00	48	78.72	5.38±4.87	45.74	1.17±1.70
4^th Quartile: 1097.33	50	74.19	4.67±4.17	33.33	0.88±1.76
P trend		0.98	0.81	0.23	0.13

^1:

P value from 2-sample t test.

^2:

P value from linear regression analysis.