Association between BMI and Dental Caries among School Children and Adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China.

Wei LI; Taha Hussein Musa; Rong Gao; Xiao Shan LI; Wei Xiang Wang; Lei Hong; Ping Min Wei

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Association between BMI and Dental Caries among School Children and Adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China.

Author: Wei LI ¹ ; Taha Hussein MUSA ² ; Rong GAO ³ ; Xiao Shan LI ² ; Wei Xiang WANG ¹ ; Lei HONG ¹ ; Ping Min WEI ²
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1. Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and School Health, Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China.
2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China.
3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Adolescent; Body Mass Index; Child; China; epidemiology; Dental Caries; epidemiology; etiology; Female; Humans; Male; Obesity
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2017;30(10):758-761
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Obesity and dental caries are increasing epidemics, especially among children and adolescents. This epidemiological observational cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the possible association between body mass index (BMI) and dental caries among 111,792 school children and adolescents in Jiangsu Province. We found that 13.14% participants of the study sample were overweight, and 7.37% were obese. The prevalence of dental caries was 12.95% in overweight and 7.89% in obese students. There were significant differences in caries prevalence by sex, region, age group, and BMI. Overweight and obesity statuses were associated with dental caries among the study population. BMI and dental caries present a continuous health problem. Thus, we recommend that oral health promotion be used for caries prevention and control.