The pattern of association between early childhood caries and body mass index in pre-school children within Aotearoa | New Zealand: a national cross-sectional study.
Philip J SchluterMatthew HobbsAnnabel Ahuriri-DriscollJesse KokauaSheetalpreet SinghMartin LeePublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2023)
This study found significant non-linear associations between dental caries experience and BMI in 4-year-old children. However, the inclusion of confounders importantly changed the shape of this non-linear association. Sex, ethnicity and area-level deprivation inequalities had a greater impact on dental caries experience than BMI.