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  • Title: [Association between dental caries and the body mass index in a school population in Iztapalapa, Mexico City].
    Author: Caudillo-Joya T, Adriano-Anaya Mdel P, Caudillo-Adriano PA.
    Journal: Rev Invest Clin; 2014; 66(6):512-9. PubMed ID: 25729868.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To identify the association between dental caries and body mass index in school children from six to twelve years of 20 elementary schools located in the four educational regions of Iztapalapa, in Mexico City. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was cross-comparative-descriptive, observational, with a nonrandom convenience sample of 6,230 schoolchildren, composed of the school who gave their prior informed permission signed by parents or guardians to participate in this study consent rate. The results were captured in the computer program SPSS version 15.0. RESULTS: Of all schools, 10.5% were underweight, with an average of 2.3 dental caries. 49.6% reported normal weight, with 2.8 decayed teeth. 21.1% overweight, and 3.1. The 9.5% obese and 3.1, 9.3% with endogenous obesity and 3.2 decayed teeth respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In this study exist an association between dental caries and obesity, which makes him a multidimensional problem, where economic, cultural, political and social processes interact there.
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