Relationship of BMI with the diet, physical activity and oral hygiene practices amongst the dental students

Autor: Beenish Fatima Alam, Nabeela Abbasi, Talib Hussain, Malik Arshman Khan, Muhammad Aamir Ghafoor Chaudhary, Faiza Ijaz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Oral Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-022-02318-8
Popis: Abstract Background Regardless of attaining adequate knowledge regarding oral hygiene, physical activity, and healthy eating habits, dental students still face oral health problems. This study was aimed to assess the association of oral hygiene habits, physical activity, and eating habits with the BMI in the dental students. Method This multi centric cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2021 in Pakistan. Three hundred and eighty-six study participants enrolled as undergraduate dental students, both males and females, were included in the study. A questionnaire used to gather data, was modified from a study conducted by Jouhar et al. Chi-square testing was used in order to assess the relationship between two categorical variables. Linear regression was performed to assess the association with putative confounders. Statistical significance was considered for p value
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