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Sucrose consumption and salivary sucrase activity in a 2‐year longitudinal study
Author(s) -
KARJALAINEN S.,
HANNULA P.,
SÖDERLING E.,
HÄMÄLÄINEN M.,
MÄKINEN K.,
SCHEININ A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1989.tb01452.x
Subject(s) - sucrase , sucrose , sugar , longitudinal study , food science , carbohydrate , chemistry , dietary sucrose , consumption (sociology) , endocrinology , medicine , zoology , biology , biochemistry , enzyme , pathology , social science , sociology
— Sucrose consumption data of the sucrose group (n =33) of a 2‐yr longitudinal study was plotted against salivary sucrase activity values obtained during this 2‐yr period. The correlation coefficients varied between 0.194 and 0.551. The subjects were divided into high (≥ 10 μmol × min −1 × (10 −3 ) and low (<10) sucrase activity subgroups. There were significant differences in the sucrose consumption and in intake frequency between these two subgroups. These findings give further support for the possibility of using sucrase activity for the estimation of the level of individual sugar consumption.