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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: Caries Res. 2021 Feb 3;55(2):88–98. doi: 10.1159/000511699

Table 2.

Dietary variables according to dental caries experience

Dental Caries Dental Caries
No Yes No Yes
D1MFT=0 D1MFT>0 D4MFT=0 D4MFT>0
20.3 (82) 79.9(320) 69.8(280) 30.2 (122)
median (IQR) median (IQR)
Energy and nutrients
Fluoride intake (mg/d) 0.94 (0.74, 1.12) 0.85 (0.65, 1.10) 0.90 (0.69, 1.11) 0.82 (0.61, 1.06)
Fluoride intake (mg/kg/d) 0.015 (0.012, 0.021) 0.015 (0.011, 0.020) 0.016 (0.012, 0.021) 0.014 (0.010, 0.020)
Carbohydrates(g/d) 298 (229, 409) 309 (235, 403) 308 (238, 405) 306 (216, 393)
Carbohydrates(%) 56.1 (50.9, 60.7) 57.6 (52.4, 62.7) 57.5 (52.8, 62.0) 57.3 (51.9, 62.3)
Energy (kcal/d) 2130 (1676, 2823) 2150 (1709, 2842) 2144 (1736, 2858) 2174 (1628, 2766)
Added Sugar (g/d) 35.1 (15.3, 51.9) 27.7 (12.9, 52.6) 29.1 (14.0, 53.0) 25.8 (10.4, 50.2)
Sugar of TEI (%) 5.9 (2.9, 9.0) 5.3 (2.6, 8.9) 5.2 (2.8, 9.0) 5.3 (2.4, 8.5)
Food Groups source of total
Carbohydrates
SSB (ml/d) 604 (240, 891) 570 (291, 857) 600 (300, 857) 501 (240, 857)
Fruits (g/d) 165 (78, 303) 207 (97, 371) 190 (87, 357) 207 (107, 370)
Candies (g/d) 8.5 (0, 26) 5 (0, 26) 8.5 (0, 26) 4 (0, 27)
Cereals (g/d) 131 (87, 233) 153 (95, 221) 149 (90, 234) 153 (93, 214)
Cereals with sugar (g/d) 50 (10, 88) 43 (20, 84) 49 (19, 88) 40 (18, 71)
Maize (g/d) 71 (26, 104) 75 (37, 125) 75 (32, 114) 75 (32, 125)
Fast food (g/d) 75 (45, 116) 56 (18, 111) 64 (31, 111) 56 (19, 111)
Sugary foods (times/d) *
0 7 (8.5) 13 (4.1) 13 (5) 7 (6)
[1–2] 36 (44) 107 (33.4) 98 (35) 45 (37)
2.5–5 30 (36.5) 133 (41.6) 112 (40) 51 (42)
5.5 or more 9 (11) 67 (20.9) 57 (20) 19 (15)

N=402

Wilcoxon’s rank sum test for continuous variables (2 groups), bolds indicate p<0.05

*

n(%) Fisheŕs exact tests, bolds indicate p<0.05