Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at baseline.
| Total | Stunting Baseline | Any Caries Baseline | ScI 1 Baseline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (Row %) | N (Row %) | N (Row %) | N (Row %) | ||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Total | 1307 (100) | 332 (25.4) | 975 (74.6) | 629 (51.9) | 678 (48.1) | 188 (14.4) | 1119 (85.6) |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 631 (48.3) | 179 (28.4) | 452 (71.6) | 316 (50.1) | 315 (49.9) | 100 (15.8) | 531 (84.2) |
| Female | 676 (51.7) | 153 (22.6) | 523 (77.4) | 313 (46.3) | 363 (53.7) | 88 (13.0) | 588 (87.0) |
| p-value 2 | 0.017 | 0.172 | 0.145 | ||||
| Province | |||||||
| Phnom Penh | 319 (24.4) | 39 (12.2) | 280 (87.8) | 153 (48.0) | 166 (52.0) | 39 (12.2) | 280 (87.8) |
| Kratie | 551 (42.2) | 136 (24.7) | 415 (75.3) | 235 (42.6) | 316 (57.4) | 66 (12.0) | 485 (88.0) |
| Ratanakiri | 437 (33.4) | 157 (35.9) | 280 (64.1) | 241 (55.1) | 196 (44.9) | 83 (19.0) | 354 (81.0) |
| p-value 2 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.003 | ||||
| Age at baseline | |||||||
| <6 months | 143 (10.9) | 17 (11.9) | 126 (88.1) | 15 (10.5) | 128 (89.5) | 15 (10.5) | 128 (89.5) |
| 6–12 months | 278 (21.3) | 53 (19.1) | 225 (80.9) | 71 (25.5) | 207 (74.5) | 45 (16.2) | 233 (83.8) |
| 12–18 months | 438 (33.5) | 116 (26.5) | 322 (73.5) | 246 (56.2) | 192 (43.8) | 65 (14.8) | 373 (85.2) |
| 18–24 months | 448 (34.3) | 146 (32.6) | 302 (67.4) | 297 (66.3) | 151 (33.7) | 63 (14.1) | 385 (85.9) |
| p-value 2 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.456 | ||||
| SES | |||||||
| Lowest | 220 (16.8) | 71 (32.3) | 149 (67.7) | 118 (53.6) | 102 (46.4) | 46 (20.9) | 174 (79.1) |
| Low | 265 (20.3) | 83 (31.3) | 182 (68.7) | 135 (50.9) | 130 (49.1) | 34 (12.8) | 231 (87.2) |
| Medium | 393 (30.1) | 91 (23.2) | 302 (76.8) | 171 (43.5) | 222 (56.5) | 56 (14.2) | 337 (85.8) |
| High | 215 (16.4) | 34 (15.8) | 181 (84.2) | 115 (53.5) | 100 (46.5) | 25 (11.6) | 190 (88.4) |
| Highest | 214 (16.4) | 53 (24.8) | 161 (75.2) | 90 (42.1) | 124 (57.9) | 27 (12.6) | 187 (87.4) |
| p-value 2 | <0.001 | 0.014 | 0.040 | ||||
| Caries | |||||||
| Dmft mean (SD) | 2.7 (3.5) | 2.3 (3.6) | 5.1 (3.6) | 8.8 (4.1) | 1.4 (2.0) | ||
| p-value 2 | 0.053 | 0.001 | |||||
1 ScI: Significant Caries Index. 2 χ2 test for differences among groups within the same columns or ANOVA. SES: socioeconomic status.