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- Title
Is dental caries experience associated with adiposity status in preschool children?
- Authors
Peng, Si‐Min; Wong, Hai Ming; King, Nigel M.; McGrath, Colman
- Abstract
Background To date, research on the relationship between dental caries experience and adiposity status is debated. Aim To determine associations between dental caries experience and adiposity status among a community sample of preschool children in Hong Kong. Design Among a random sample of 5-year-old children, clinical assessment for dental caries was conducted using WHO criteria. Anthropometric measurements for body weight, body height, waist circumference ( WC), hip circumference, and triceps skinfold thickness ( TRSKF) were performed to assess general adiposity, central adiposity, and peripheral adiposity. Associations between adiposity status and caries were examined in regression analyses. Results The response rate was 83.1% (324/390). Regression analyses (adjusted for tooth brushing habits, snacking habits, and socio-demographic factors) identified that weight/height ratio z-score was associated with caries experience: prevalence of dental caries experience (dmft > 0), OR 1.41 (95% CI 1.04, 1.91), and 'very high' caries experience (dmft ≥ Si C10 Index value), OR 1.62, (95% CI 1.05, 2.50). In addition, WC z-score was associated with 'very high' caries experience (dmft ≥ Si C10 Index value), OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.06, 2.81. Conclusion In a Hong Kong community sample of preschool children, dental caries experience was associated with general adiposity (as assessed by weight/height ratio) and central adiposity (as assessed by WC).
- Subjects
CHINA; DENTAL caries risk factors; OBESITY complications; ACADEMIC medical centers; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH care teams; STATISTICS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 2, p122
- ISSN
0960-7439
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ipd.12039