Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

Table 3 The association between dental caries and odontogenic infections at age 6–7 years and underweight at age 8–9 years of children in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

	Cambodia (n = 467^a)		Indonesia (n = 478^a)		Lao PDR (n = 522^a)
	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Weight status at follow-up (age 8–9): no underweight (reference), underweight
dt (baseline)	1.09 (1.02; 1.16)	0.010			1.09 (1.02; 1.16)	0.011
DT (baseline)	1.75 (1.15; 2.66)	0.009
Number of permanent teeth (baseline)	0.84 (0.74; 0.95)	0.007	0.82 (0.70; 0.96)	0.015	0.85 (0.75; 0.96)	0.011
Sex
Boys	1				1
Girls	0.27 (0.15; 0.50)	< 0.001			0.08 (0.03; 0.22)	< 0.001
Age (baseline)
6 < 7 years	1		1
7 < 8 years	2.29 (1.08; 4.83)	0.030	3.97 (1.84; 8.59)	< 0.001
Stunting (follow-up)
No			1
Yes			2.79 (1.32; 5.89)	0.007

Logistic regression
Variables in the model: dt at baseline, DT at baseline, pufa at baseline, PUFA at baseline, number of primary teeth at baseline, number of permanent teeth at baseline, sex (boys, girls), age group at baseline (6 to < 7 years, 7 to < 8 years), geographical location (urban, rural), number of siblings (1 or no siblings, 2 siblings, 3 or more siblings), TV ownership (no, yes), car/motorcycle ownership (no, yes), stunting at follow-up (no, yes), FIT programme (no, yes)
‘1’ refers to the reference category: no underweight (BMI: SDS ≥ −2)
^aNumber of children with missing values of variables in the model: Cambodia, n = 11, Indonesia, n = 8, Lao PDR, n = 13

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