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Body Mass Index and Association With Caries in School-Aged Children With Orofacial Cleft: A Case-Control Study.

Anna Lena SundellAnna-Karin NilssonAgneta MarcussonCarl-Johan Törnhage
Published in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2019)
Five- and 10-year-old children with corrected CL/P seemed to have a lower BMI than controls, but there was no association between BMI and caries frequency. Internationally adopted children with CL/P were lighter and shorter than non-adopted CL/P children and controls.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • body mass index
  • mental health
  • weight loss