Table 2.

Correlation between the sugar index and different outcome variables characterizing caries experience

	d5–6mft	d3–6mft	d3–6fs	D5–6MFT	D3–6MFT	D3–6FS
4th-graders
Spearman's Rho	0.128	0.134	0.149	0.042	0.089	0.090
p value	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.252	0.015	0.014
6th-graders
Spearman's Rho				0.048	0.075	0.074
p value				0.186	0.040	0.045