Table 1.
Demographics and Health Characteristics of Study Population.
| Caries Status |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Caries Free | S-ECC | P Value |
| Age, moa | 37.4 ± 10.3 | 42.8 ± 12.2 | 0.11 |
| Sexb | |||
| Male | 9 (32.1) | 19 (67.9) | 0.20 |
| Female | 11 (50.0) | 11 (50.0) | |
| Weight at birth, ga | 3,529.9 ± 699.0 | 3,421.3 ± 573.2 | 0.57 |
| Prematureb | |||
| Yes | 2 (16.7) | 10 (83.3) | 0.073c |
| No | 18 (48.7) | 19 (51.4) | |
| Feeding habitsb | |||
| Child was breastfed | |||
| Yes | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | 0.083 |
| No | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | |
| Child was exclusively breastfed | |||
| Yes | 12 (70.6) | 5 (29.4) | 0.0015 |
| No | 8 (24.2) | 25 (75.8) | |
| Child was bottle-fed | |||
| Yes | 16 (34.8) | 30 (65.2) | 0.021 c |
| No | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Age the child was weaned | |||
| From the breasta | 12.9 ± 11.4 | 3.3 ± 5.4 | 0.014 |
| From the bottlea | 17.9 ± 8.9 | 25.8 ± 12.0 | 0.028 |
| Times per day the child snacksa | 3.7 ± 1.7 | 3.9 ± 1.4 | 0.71 |
| Oral hygiene habitsb | |||
| Child brushes ≥ daily | 17 (51.2) | 16 (48.5) | 0.032 c |
| Child brushes < daily | 3 (17.7) | 14 (82.4) | |
| Yearly household income, $b | |||
| ≥28,000 | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0.032 c |
| <28,000 | 12 (32.4) | 25 (67.6) | |
| Family sizeb | |||
| Other children | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1.00c |
| Only child | 18 (39.1) | 28 (60.9) | |
| Receives social assistanceb | |||
| Yes | 13 (37.1) | 22 (62.9) | 0.41 |
| No | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | |
| Lives in a First Nations communityb | |||
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 17 (100.0) | 0.000010 c |
| No | 20 (60.6) | 13 (39.4) | |
| Age of child at first dental visit, moa | 20.8 ± 16.0 | 27.8 ± 14.6 | 0.11 |
Values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). Bold value indicates P ≤ .05.
S-ECC, severe early childhood caries.
a
T test.
b
Chi-square analysis.
c
Fisher’s exact test.