Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
12 (1984), S. 0
ISSN:
1600-0528
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Sweet preference and caries prevalence were studied in Bedouin adolescents from two different communities. Twelve-year-old schoolchildren were surveyed in a rural village (30 examinees) and in a more urbanized settlement (30 examinees). Sweet preference was assessed using a free-choice method, while caries was measured by the DMFT index. Results revealed that the “urbanized” examinees preferred higher sugar concentrations and demonstrated higher DMFT scores than their “rural” counterparts. These differences between the two populations were statistically significant. Data were analyzed for correlation between caries prevalence and sweet preference. When each community was analyzed separately, a statistically significant correlation coefficient (Kendall's tau) was found in “rural” but not in “urbanized” children. In pooled data from both communities the correlation was found to be significant, controlling (or the effect of the stratifying (community) variable.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1984.tb01477.x
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