Effect of Beverage Consumption Frequency on DMFT Index among Iranian Adult Population: An AZAR Cohort Study

Table 2

DMFT index by beverage consumption frequencies.

		DMFT; Mean ± SD	value^a
Milk derivatives	Never	20.89 ± 9.11	<0.01
	Occasionally	21.40 ± 9.01
	Weekly	20.91 ± 8.88
	Daily	21.83 ± 8.88
Doogh	Never	22.31 ± 8.69	<0.001
	Occasionally	21.27 ± 8.90
	Weekly	21.02 ± 8.97
	Daily	21.29 ± 9.14
Tea and coffee beverages	Never	18.74 ± 9.14	<0.001
	Occasionally	18.15 ± 9.00
	Weekly	18.47 ± 9.16
	Daily	21.37 ± 8.92
Natural fruit juice and nonalcoholic beer	Never	22.05 ± 9.02	<0.001
	Occasionally	20.95 ± 8.93
	Weekly	21.00 ± 8.84
	Daily	21.51 ± 8.94
Sugar-sweetened soft beverages	Never	22.14 ± 8.97	<0.001
	Occasionally	20.83 ± 8.97
	Weekly	21.37 ± 8.88
	Daily	20.93 ± 8.92

^aOne-way ANOVA test, statistically significant.