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

Table 5

Mean and standard deviation (SD) for sweet taste threshold (TT), sweet taste preference (TP), BMI, initial, manifest lesions, and DMFS in Saudi schoolchildren (boys, girls).

Variable	Boys; ()		Girls; ()		All; ()		value^(1)
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
TT (gm/L)		1.6–410.8		1.6–205.4		1.6–410.8	0.000
TP (gm/L)		1.6–821.5		6.5–821.5		1.6–821.5	0.000
BMI		14.7–44.5		12.6–37.7			0.002
Initial lesions		0–21		0–59	6.7–7.8	0–59	0.000
Manifest lesions		0–24		0–9		0–24	0.025
DMFS		0–25		0–22		0–25	0.679

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