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

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation (SD) for main meal, snack, total intake, and sweet intake in Saudi schoolchildren according to TT (taste threshold) groups (low, medium, and high).

Variable	Low TT; ()		Medium TT; ()		High TT; ()		value^(1)
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
Main meal		1–3		1–3		1–3	0.002
Snack		1–3		0–4		1–3	0.063
Total intake		3–6		2–7		3–6	0.675
Sweet intake		0–5		0–6		1–5	<0.001

value: significance between TT groups (ANOVA).