Body mass index, dental caries and sugar intake in 2-5 year-old preschoolers
Braz. j. oral sci
;
13(3): 209-212, Jul-Sep/2014. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-725344
ABSTRACT
AIM: To determine the association between dental caries, Body Mass Index (BMI) and sugar intake in children attending primary school. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 91 children, with mean age of 3.9 years (sd = ±1.0), considering anthropometric measurements, according to standardized methodology of the Ministry of Health and occurrence of dental caries was recorded from clinical examinations (dmft). The sugar intake level was measured with a questionnaire that was applied to parents/caretakers of the children. The association of the variables was checked using a correlation with the Contingency C coefficient test. RESULTS: 33 (36.3%) children were at risk for overweight, overweight or obese. Of these, 10 (30.3%) had dmft >1. An association was found between sugar added to the bottle and child dmft (coeff. C = 0.5853 and p <0.0001) and also with BMI (coeff. C = 0.5693 and p <0.0001). There was no association between BMI and caries (chi-square = 0.1447 and p-value = 0.7036). CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that there was a correlation between sugar intake and dmft and BMI, but not between caries and BMI...
Texto completo:
DisponíveL
Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Índice de Massa Corporal
/
Estudos Transversais
/
Cárie Dentária
/
Sobrepeso
/
Açúcares
/
Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
/
Estudo de prevalência
/
Estudo prognóstico
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Criança, pré-escolar
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. oral sci
Assunto da revista:
Odontologia
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Estadual Paulista/BR
Similares
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS