Nutrition Awareness and Oral Health among Dental Patients in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 8

The relationship between oral health and oral hygiene and macronutrients, total calories, and sugar intake.

	Unit	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	value
		Mean ± sd	Mean ± sd	Mean ± sd	Mean ± sd
Oral health
Total calories	Kcal/day	2750 ± 1722	1738 ± 1950	2650 ± 2149	1732 ± 1091	0.120
Fat	Gram/day	118 ± 75	80 ± 46	115 ± 97	106 ± 20	0.252
Carbohydrates	Gram/day	297 ± 204	167 ± 130	830 ± 3848	181 ± 98	0.742
Protein	Gram/day	37 ± 46	63 ± 55	132 ± 236	86 ± 83	0.189
Sugar intake	Gram/day	120 ± 87	58 ± 61	80 ± 76	87 ± 74	0.079
Oral hygiene
Total calories	Kcal/day	2872 ± 1664	1576 ± 1004	2555 ± 2087	2253 ± 278	0.109
Fat	Gram/day	127 ± 70	71 ± 45	113 ± 92	103 ± 13	0.115
Carbohydrates	Gram/day	306 ± 202	156 ± 117	751 ± 3607	210 ± 61	0.821
Protein	Gram/day	37 ± 44	62 ± 51	122 ± 224	105 ± 55	0.295
Sugar intake	Gram/day	129 ± 84	83 ± 57	65 ± 76	60 ± 47	0.011