Table 3.

Association between TAS2R38 genotype and dental caries

Genotype	N	DMFT		Prevalence of dental caries (DMFT ≥ 1)
		Mean ± SD	Range	%	OR [95% CI]a
Total	238	5.2 ± 4.5	0–27	82.8
PAV/PAV	109	5.2 ± 4.0	0–18	84.4	Reference
PAV/AVI	101	5.0 ± 4.6	0–18	77.2	0.6 [0.3–1.3]
AVI/AVI	28	6.0 ± 5.8	0–27	96.4	5.0 [0.6–39.2]
p valueb		0.58
p for trendc				0.61

^aLogistic regression

^bOne-way ANOVA

^cKruskal–Wallis test