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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Oral Biol. 2007 Nov 5;53(3):231–237. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.09.007

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of early Childhood Protein-Energy malnutrition (EC-PEM) among Haitian children ages 11 through 19 years old in 2005

Malnutrition
No Malnutrition Questionable Malnutrition Severe Malnutrition Total
N 176 375 466 1017
Age (years) (s.d.) 13.81 (1.83) 14.00 (1.74) 13.81 (1.67) 13.88 (1.73)
Saliva*
 Saliva (ml) stimulated (mean) (s.d.) 1.05 (0.60) 1.02 (0.63) 0.93 (0.58) 0.99 (0.61)
 Saliva (ml) unstimulated (mean) (s.d.) 0.40 (0.21) 0.38 (0.20) 0.36 (0.19) 0.38 (0.20)
Gender (n,%)
 Female 87 (18.6%) 164 (35.1%) 217 (46.3%) 468 (100%)
 Male 89 (16.2%) 211 (38.4%) 249 (45.4%) 549 (100%)
DMFS Score (s.d.) for Permanent Teeth 2.84 (6.10) 1.95 (4.65) 1.43 (3.46) 1.87 (4.48)
dmfs Score for Primary Teeth 0.19 (1.05) 0.13 (0.92) 0.19 (0.97) 0.17 (0.96)
*

pH stimulated & pH unstimulated saliva: All categorized as high (pH>5.6), except for 3 subjects with medium pH scores (4.6–5.5)