Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria.
Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn FoláyanOlujide ArijeMaha El TantawiKikelomo Adebanke KolawoleMary ObiyanOlaniyi ArowoloElizabeth O OziegbePublished in: BMC pediatrics (2019)
For this study population, the indicators of malnutrition - being stunted, underweight, overweight - and fair oral hygiene were risk indicators for ECC. The frequency of sugar consumption was not a significant risk indicator when malnutrition was included as an explanatory variable for ECC in the study population.
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