The Influence of Sweet Taste Perception on Dietary Intake in Relation to Dental Caries and BMI in Saudi Arabian Schoolchildren

Table 1

Mean and standard deviation (SD) for main meal, snack, total intake, and sweet intake in Saudi schoolchildren (boys, girls).

Variable	Boys; ()		Girls; ()		All; ()		value^(1)
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
Main meal		1–3		1–3		1–3	0.003
Snack		0–4		0–3		0–4	0.000
Total intake		2–7		3–6		2–7	0.046
Sweet intake		0–6		0–5		0–6	0.000

value: significance between boys and girls (independent t-test).