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Table 3 Regression analysis between DMFT and sweet intake and liking

From: Polymorphisms in sweet taste genes (TAS1R2 and GLUT2), sweet liking, and dental caries prevalence in an adult Italian population

 

DMFT caries prevalence

R 2

Beta estimate

p value

Simple sugar intake

0.22

0.01

0.075

Sweet liking

0.26

0.61

0.004

  1. Significant results are shown in bold. Sex, age, and BMI were used as covariates
  2. The results we reported were derived from the subsample of 322 individuals with both sugar intake and sweet liking data
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Genes & Nutrition

ISSN: 1865-3499

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