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. 2017 Apr 5;17:302. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4203-1

Table 3.

Parasitological status, weight status and oral health status of children in intervention schools and control schools in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and the pooled regional countries at baseline and follow-up

Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Regional (pooled)
FIT Control P* FIT Control P* FIT Control P* FIT Control P*
Parasitological status
STH-prevalence at baseline (n, %) 22 (9.1) 18 (7.7) 0.573 3 (1.5) 6 (3.0) 0.298 25 (9.9) 37 (15.6) 0.059 50 (7.1) 61 (9.1) 0.195
STH-prevalence at follow-up (n, %) 34 (15.9) 14 (9.1) 0.056 2 (1.0) 6 (3.1) 0.120 22 (8.4) 25 (10.6) 0.419 58 (8.4) 45 (7.7) 0.630
Weight status
Prevalence of thinness at baseline (n, %) 21 (8.9) 23 (9.9) 0.718 15 (6.1) 25 (10.6) 0.076 16 (5.9) 19 (7.6) 0.434 52 (7.5) 67 (9.9) 0.112
Prevalence of thinness at follow-up (n, %) 31 (13.2) 36 (15.5) 0.485 14 (5.7) 23 (9.7) 0.095 25 (9.1) 21 (8.3) 0.748 70 (10.7) 80 (12.5) 0.294
Oral health status (permanent dentition)a
Dental caries prevalence at baseline (n, %) 32 (13.3) 43 (18.1) 0.149 26 (10.6) 23 (9.7) 0.741 36 (15.7) 40 (18.9) 0.382 94 (13.1) 106 (15.4) 0.223
Dental caries prevalence at follow-up (n, %) 126 (52.7) 137 (58.1) 0.243 75 (30.5) 83 (35.0) 0.288 68 (29.8) 80 (38.3) 0.062 269 (37.7) 300 (44.0) 0.017
Prevalence of PUFA at baseline (n, %) 1 (0.4) 3 (1.3) 0.3701 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) - 1 (0.4) 5 (2.4) 0.1101 2 (0.3) 8 (1.2) 0.0601
Prevalence of PUFA at follow-up (n, %) 17 (7.1) 23 (9.8) 0.302 21 (8.6) 18 (7.6) 0.704 10 (4.4) 16 (7.7) 0.149 48 (6.7) 57 (8.4) 0.265
DMFT at baseline (mean ± sd) 0.18 ± 0.51 0.30 ± 0.73 0.127 0.15 ± 0.50 0.13 ± 0.44 0.757 0.28 ± 0.78 0.37 ± 0.90 0.324 0.20 ± 0.61 0.26 ± 0.71 0.181
DMFT at follow-up (mean ± sd) 1.00 ± 1.20 1.29 ± 1.49 0.066 0.50 ± 0.92 0.59 ± 0.96 0.257 0.54 ± 1.06 0.79 ± 1.28 0.026 0.68 ± 1.09 0.89 ± 1.29 0.003
DMFT increment (mean ± sd) 0.82 ± 1.07 0.99 ± 1.30 0.262 0.35 ± 0.72 0.46 ± 0.79 0.168 0.26 ± 0.81 0.41 ± 1.11 0.373 0.48 ± 0.91 0.63 ± 1.12 0.049
PUFA at baseline (mean ± sd) 0.00 ± 0.06 0.02 ± 0.16 0.309 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 - 0.01 ± 0.13 0.02 ± 0.15 0.084 0.00 ± 0.08 0.01 ± 0.13 0.049
PUFA at follow-up (mean ± sd) 0.10 ± 0.37 0.13 ± 0.42 0.312 0.13 ± 0.44 0.09 ± 0.34 0.663 0.08 ± 0.47 0.11 ± 0.42 0.149 0.10 ± 0.43 0.11 ± 0.40 0.267
PUFA increment (mean ± sd) 0.09 ± 0.35 0.11 ± 0.38 0.483 0.13 ± 0.44 0.09 ± 0.34 0.663 0.07 ± 0.39 0.09 ± 0.41 0.434 0.10 ± 0.40 0.10 ± 0.38 0.548
Preventive fraction (DMFT) (%) 18.3% 22.4% 38.0% 23.9%

χ2-test for dichotomous variables, Mann-Whitney U-test for continuous variables. 1 Fisher’s exact test for small numbers

a 117 children excluded from analysis in Lao PDR because of an overlapping intervention of the Japan International Cooperation Agency

Respective missing values in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR: parasitological status (at baseline): 3, 76, 46, (at follow-up): 110, 78, 38; weight status (at baseline): 11, 3, 11, (at follow-up): 10, 2, 9; oral health status (at baseline): 1, 2, 6, (at follow-up): 3, 3, 10