Dental caries is negatively correlated with body mass index among 7-9 years old children in Guangzhou, China

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 638
• Main Authors: Liang, Jing-jing, Zhang, Zhe-qing, Chen, Ya-jun, Mai, Jin-cheng, Ma, Jun, Yang, Wen-han, Jing, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.07.2016; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Anthropometry; Body height; Body Mass Index; Body size; Body Weight; Child; Children; Children & youth; China - epidemiology; Complications and side effects; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographic aspects; Dental caries; Dental Caries - epidemiology; Dental Caries - etiology; Dentition; Disease; Disease prevention; dmft; Evaluation; Female; Gender; Girls; Health aspects; Humans; Male; Mathematical analysis; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity in children; Oral hygiene; Overweight; Overweight - complications; Overweight - epidemiology; Prevalence; Public health; Risk factors; Risk reduction; School children; Schools; Software; Statistical analysis; Students; Systematic review; Teeth; Thinness - complications; Thinness - epidemiology; Tooth, Deciduous; Underweight; China; Guangzhou China; Body Mass Index; dmft; Dental caries; School children

Evidence linking caries in primary dentition and children's anthropometric measures is contradictory. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of primary dental caries and its relationship with body mass index (BMI) among 7-9 years old school children in urban Guangzhou, China. This cross-sectional...