Association of sugar-sweetened drinks with caries in 10- and 15-year-olds

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks (SSDs) and caries development under various definitions at the 10- and 15-year follow-ups

Caries definition	Category	N (%)		SSD consumption, in portions, mean (SD)
Caries definition	Category	10-year	15-year	10-year	15-year
Overall sample	–	915 (100)	996 (100)	0.48 (0.85)^*	0.83 (1.40)^*
DMF/S	0	772 (84.4)	636 (63.9)	0.45 (0.75)	0.73 (1.15)^a
DMF/S	≥1	143 (15.6)	360 (36.1)	0.64 (1.28)	1.01 (1.74)^a
NCCL/S	0	477 (52.1)	337 (33.8)	0.38 (0.65)^b	0.74 (1.09)
NCCL/S	≥1	438 (47.9)	659 (66.2)	0.58 (1.02)^b	0.87 (1.53)
DMF + NCCL/S	0	428 (46.8)	266 (26.7)	0.37 (0.63)^c	0.73 (1.04)
DMF + NCCL/S	≥1	487 (53.2)	730 (73.3)	0.57 (1.00)^c	0.86 (1.51)

DMF/S decayed, missing, filled surfaces, NCCL/S non-cavitated carious lesions, DMF + NCCL/S overall caries burden (DMF/S + NCCL/S)
^*Statistically significant difference between 10- and 15-year SSD consumption using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test (p < 0.001)
^a,b,cStatistically significant SSD consumption between healthy and caries-affected children at 10- and 15-year follow-ups using Mann-Whitney-U test

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