Associations between Caries among Children and Household Sugar Procurement, Exposure to Fluoridated Water and Socioeconomic Indicators in the Brazilian Capital Cities

Table 3

Correlation coefficients of the association between caries experience in 5- and 12-year-old children in 2010 and the independent variables.

Caries	Age groups	Sugar procurement			Water fluoridation	Socioeconomic indicators
		Free sugar	Sugary soft drinks	Confectionery		Gini Index	HDI	Per capita income
DMFT	5-years-old	−0.16	−0.32	−0.39*	−0.41*	−0.08	−0.54**	−0.50**
	12-years-old	−0.23	−0.30	−0.51**	−0.64**	0.10	−0.67**	−0.62**
% caries-free	5-years-old	−0.08	0.37	0.42*	0.46*	−0.04	0.60**	0.57**
	12-years-old	0.19	0.38	0.57**	0.59**	−0.10	0.67**	0.65**

∗Significant at the 𝑃<0.05 level.
**Significant at the 𝑃<0.01 level.