Exploring the association between body mass index and dental caries in 3–7-year-old children, living in Łódź, Poland
| Autor: | Beata Lubowiedzka-Gontarek, Magdalena Wochna-Sobańska, Renata Filipińska, Elżbieta Żądzińska, Agnieszka Bruzda-Zwiech, Beata Szydłowska-Walendowska, Beata Borowska-Strugińska |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Orthodontics
Health (social science) business.industry bmi for age Dentistry 030206 dentistry GN1-890 permanent teeth 03 medical and health sciences stomatognathic diseases 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system primary teeth Anthropology dental caries Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Association (psychology) Body mass index Permanent teeth childhood |
| Zdroj: | Anthropological Review, Vol 80, Iss 1, Pp 71-83 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2083-4594 |
| Popis: | Dental caries and childhood obesity are major problems affecting the health of children and preventing these conditions in children have been recognized as public health priorities (Hong et al. 2008; Odgien et al. 2010). The aim of the present study was to analyze the association between age-specific body mass index (BMI-for age) and dental caries in 3- to 7-year-olds. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 729 children from randomly chosen kindergartens and elementary schools in the urban area of Lodz, Poland. Anthropometric measurements were taken and the BMI-for-age was calculated for each child. Dental examinations were performed according to the WHO criteria. The sum of decayed, missing, filled primary/ permanent teeth and surfaces - dmft/DMFT and dmft/DMFTS, and caries prevalence were computed. The percentage distribution of the BMI categories in the study group was: 72.7% normal weight, 8.92% underweight, 12.89% overweight and 5.49% obese. Caries prevalence in the primary dentition was significantly lower in underweight children than in those who were of normal weight (p=0.004) or were overweight (p=0.039). However, controlling for age and gender, no significant association was noted between BMI and caries prevalence in either dentition group. The Kruskal-Wallis test failed to reveal any significant differences in mean dmft across the four BMI groups in the whole population, nor within particular age groups, nor in DMFT in 5- to 7-year-olds. There was no association between BMI and dental caries either in the primary dentition or permanent teeth in the early period after eruption. |
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