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. 2018 Jun 1;11(3):228–232. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1516

Table 1: Review of studies on BMI and dental caries

Authors    Year    Study site    Age group    size    Study design    Results   
de Jong-Lenters et al9    2015    Pediatric dental care in Noordojk, the Netherlands    5-8 years    230    Cross-sectional    Results showed no statistically significant differences between the mean DMFT or decayed missing filled surface (DMFS) scores of overweight and nonoverweight children, even after adjusting for potential confounders like gender, socioeconomic status and ethnicity   
Lempert et al10    2014    Data from European Youth Heart Study and Danish National Board of Health    9.6 years    385    Case-control study    No significant association was found between caries experience and BMI   
Sharma et al11    2014    Meerut district, India    13-17 years    504    Cross-sectional    The association between BMI and caries was statistically nonsignificant with p-value 0.661 even when both genders were analyzed separately   
Creske etal17    2013    Riverside County’s Coachelle valley    6-11 years    177    Cross-sectional    Results showed that children in the obese category had a statistically significant lower rate of DMFT than the children of healthy weight category   
Martins etal12    2013    Charity institution inAracatuba, Brazil    3.9 ±1.0    91    Cross-sectional study    Contingency C coefficient test found no association between BMI and caries   
Bagherian and Sadeghi18    2013    Rafsanjan, Iran    30-70 months    400    Cross-sectional    The results revealed a statistically significant direct association between BMI for age and dental caries (p = 0.001), after adjusting for gender and   
Shahraki etal19    2013    Zahedan, Iran    6-11 years    1213    Cross-sectional    Results revealed a significant association between BMI and DFT (p = 0.005). BMI for age values revealed that 34 children were caries-free in the normal weight and underweight cases, while 28 children in the overweight and obese groups were caries-free   
Shailee etal23    2013    Shimla city, India    12 and 15 years    1011    Cross-sectional study    Results showed a negative correlation of BMI with DMFT (r = 0.312, p < 0.011)   
Parkarand Chokshi24    2013    Ahmedabad city, India    10.96 + 3.14 years    750    Cross-sectional study    A negative correlation was observed between deft and BMI, which was significant   
Chukwumah et al13    2012    Ugbowo, Benim city, Nigeria    7-15 years    210    Cross-sectional    There was no significant association between BMI and caries experience   
Elangovan et al14    2012    Private dental college, Tamil Nadu, India    6-12 years    510    Cross-sectional study    There was no statistically significant difference in the mean caries score between children belonging to various BMI for age categories (p > 0.05)   
Cantekin et al20    2012    Erzurum, Turkey    12 years    224    Cross-sectional study    A possible correlation between obesity and caries was seen, but not between overweight and caries   
Thippeswamy et al21    2011    Udupi, South India    13-15 years    463    Cross-sectional    Analysis revealed that obese group of children had more caries than the overweight and normal weight children. Correlation analysis showed significant positive relation with BMI   
Cinarand Murtomaa15    2008    Finland and Turkey    10-12 years    338 + 611    Cross-sectional    No association was seen between BMI and dental caries in both crude and adjusted analysis   
Pinto etal16    2007    Pediatric dental clinic of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine    8.7 ±2.37    135    Prospective cohort study    No correlation was found between dental decay in obese and nonobese children (p = 0.99)   
Willerhausen et al22    2007    Germany    6-11 years    1298    Cross-sectional study    A positive statistical association was observed between BMI and caries in both deciduous and permanent dentition