Table 3. Mean early childhood caries in total dentition and anterior maxillary teeth, mean breastfeeding duration and proportion of early childhood caries at 5 years follow-up in intervention (n = 215) and control group (n = 202).
| Intervention | Control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean(SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median(IQR) | |
| ECC in all dentition | |||||
| Boys | 208 | 1.6 (3.2) | 0 (0–2) | 1.6 (2.9) | 0 (0–2) |
| Girls | 209 | 1.5 (2.7) | 0 (0–2) | 1.8 (2.9) | 0 (0–2) |
| Overall sample | 417 | 1.5 (2.9) | 0 (0–2) | 1.7 (2.9) | 0 (0–2) |
| ECC in anterior maxillary teeth | |||||
| Boys | 208 | 0.54 (1.2) | 0 (0–0) | 0.34 (1.1) | 0 (0–0) |
| Girls | 209 | 0.51 (1.3) | 0 (0–0) | 0.43 (1.2) | 0 (0–0) |
| Overall sample | 417 | 0.53 (1.3) | 0 (0–0) | 0.38 (1.1) | 0 (0–0) |
| Mean breastfeeding duration in months | n | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| 417 | 21.8 (6.5) | 21.3 (6.2) | |||
| Proportion of ECC > 0 | % (n) | % (n) | |||
| 38 (81) | 41 (83) | ||||
ECC-Early childhood caries, SD-standard deviation, n-number, IQR- Interquartile range.