Relationship between Body Mass Index and Tooth Decay in a Population of 3–6-Year-Old Children in Iran

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between BMI and tooth decay in a population of Iranian children. In this cross-sectional descriptive/analytical study, 1482 children were selected from kindergartens and preschool centers in Kerman, Iran. The children underwent examinatio...

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Autores principales: Bafti, Leila Shafie, Hashemipour, Maryam Alsadat, Poureslami, Hamidreza, Hoseinian, Zeinab
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25788943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/126530
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author Bafti, Leila Shafie
Hashemipour, Maryam Alsadat
Poureslami, Hamidreza
Hoseinian, Zeinab
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description The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between BMI and tooth decay in a population of Iranian children. In this cross-sectional descriptive/analytical study, 1482 children were selected from kindergartens and preschool centers in Kerman, Iran. The children underwent examination of deciduous teeth (using the dmft index) after determination of height and weight for calculation of BMI. The relationship between BMI (after adjustment for age) and dmft was determined using Poisson's regression model. The mean of dmft in children with normal BMI was 1.5-fold that in subjects with extra body weight. Age had a significant effect on dmft. In addition, dmft was higher in boys compared to girls. The results of the present study showed that caries rate in the deciduous teeth of 3–6-year-old children decreases with an increase in body weight.
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spelling pubmed-43486172015-03-18 Relationship between Body Mass Index and Tooth Decay in a Population of 3–6-Year-Old Children in Iran Bafti, Leila Shafie Hashemipour, Maryam Alsadat Poureslami, Hamidreza Hoseinian, Zeinab Int J Dent Research Article The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between BMI and tooth decay in a population of Iranian children. In this cross-sectional descriptive/analytical study, 1482 children were selected from kindergartens and preschool centers in Kerman, Iran. The children underwent examination of deciduous teeth (using the dmft index) after determination of height and weight for calculation of BMI. The relationship between BMI (after adjustment for age) and dmft was determined using Poisson's regression model. The mean of dmft in children with normal BMI was 1.5-fold that in subjects with extra body weight. Age had a significant effect on dmft. In addition, dmft was higher in boys compared to girls. The results of the present study showed that caries rate in the deciduous teeth of 3–6-year-old children decreases with an increase in body weight. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4348617/ /pubmed/25788943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/126530 Text en Copyright © 2015 Leila Shafie Bafti et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Relationship between Body Mass Index and Tooth Decay in a Population of 3–6-Year-Old Children in Iran
title_sort relationship between body mass index and tooth decay in a population of 3–6-year-old children in iran
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