Research Article
Effect of Beverage Consumption Frequency on DMFT Index among Iranian Adult Population: An AZAR Cohort Study
Table 1
Beverage consumption status in participants.
| | Group | Gender | Never N (%) | Occasionally N (%) | Weekly N (%) | Daily N (%) | valuea |
| | Milk derivatives | Male | 598 (9.0) | 1689 (25.3) | 2789 (41.8) | 1602 (24.0) | <0.001 | | Female | 1084 (13.1) | 2040 (24.6) | 2971 (35.8) | 2195 (26.5) | | Total | 1682 (11.2) | 3729 (24.9) | 5760 (38.5) | 3797 (25.4) |
| | Doogh | Male | 497 (7.4) | 2238 (33.5) | 3153 (47.2) | 790 (11.8) | <0.001 | | Female | 876 (10.6) | 3189 (38.5) | 3260 (39.3) | 965 (11.6) | | Total | 1373 (9.2) | 5427 (36.3) | 6413 (42.8) | 1755 (11.7) |
| | Tea and coffee beverages | Male | 48 (0.7) | 18 (0.3) | 94 (1.4) | 6518 (97.6) | <0.001 | | Female | 79 (1.0) | 33 (0.4) | 275 (3.3) | 7901 (95.3) | | Total | 127 (0.8) | 51 (0.3) | 369 (2.5) | 14419 (96.3) |
| | Natural fruit juice and nonalcoholic beer | Male | 1222 (18.3) | 3247 (48.6) | 2103 (31.5) | 106 (1.6) | <0.001 | | Female | 2823 (34.1) | 3931 (47.4) | 1479 (17.8) | 57 (0.7) | | Total | 4045 (27.0) | 7178 (48.0) | 3582 (23.9) | 163 (1.1) |
| | Sugar-sweetened soft beverages | Male | 795 (11.9) | 2536 (38.0) | 3003 (45.0) | 344 (5.2) | <0.001 | | Female | 1750 (21.1) | 3617 (43.6) | 2676 (32.3) | 247 (3.0) | | Total | 2545 (17.0) | 6153 (41.1) | 5679 (37.9) | 591 (3.9) |
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aChi-square test, statistically significant. |
