Sharma Bhavika, Indushekar K R, Saraf Bhavna Gupta, Sardana Divesh, Sheoran Neha, Mavi Sunny
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India; Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2019 Jul-Sep;37(3):224-231. doi: 10.4103/JISPPD.JISPPD_140_18.
Obesity and dental caries are two distinct diseases which are somewhat preventable through a common risk factor approach, as they have common underlying etiological factor, i.e., high sugar intake.
The aim of the study is to examine the correlation between dental caries and body mass index (BMI) in rural and urban areas of Hisar (Haryana, India) and intercompare their correlations.
This was a cross-sectional study in rural and urban preschool children of Hisar, Haryana.
A total of 500 urban and 500 rural children (age group 3-6 years) were selected from schools of Hisar and the values of their mean BMI and mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft) (using the World Health Organization criteria, 2005) were compared using independent sample t-test among different groups and subgroups. Pearson correlation coefficients between dmft and BMI were calculated for groups and subgroups and intercompared.
Males had significantly higher BMI than females (P < 0.05) and urban preschool children had significantly higher BMI than rural preschool children (P < 0.05). Mean deft was statistically non-significant across the genders and both geographical areas. Non-significant negative correlation was observed between dmft and BMI across different areas and genders. The overall prevalence of obesity/overweight was 20.2% (25.6% urban preschool children; 14.8% rural preschool children). More rural preschool children were underweight (23.8%) than urban preschool children (14.4%) with the overall prevalence of underweight being 19.1%.
There was no significant correlation between dental caries and BMI in preschool children of rural and urban areas. Obesity/overweight was more prevalent in urban preschool children, whereas rural preschool children predominantly were underweight.
肥胖和龋齿是两种不同的疾病，通过共同危险因素方法在一定程度上是可以预防的，因为它们有共同的潜在病因，即高糖摄入。
本研究旨在调查印度哈里亚纳邦希萨尔城乡地区龋齿与体重指数（BMI）之间的相关性，并比较它们之间的相关性。
这是一项针对哈里亚纳邦希萨尔城乡学龄前儿童的横断面研究。
从希萨尔的学校中选取了500名城市儿童和500名农村儿童（年龄3 - 6岁），使用独立样本t检验比较不同组和亚组的平均BMI值以及平均龋失补牙数（dmft）（采用世界卫生组织2005年标准）。计算各分组和亚组中dmft与BMI之间的Pearson相关系数并进行比较。
男性的BMI显著高于女性（P < 0.05），城市学龄前儿童的BMI显著高于农村学龄前儿童（P < 0.05）。各性别和两个地理区域的平均龋失补牙面数（deft）在统计学上无显著差异。不同地区和性别的dmft与BMI之间存在无显著意义的负相关。肥胖/超重的总体患病率为20.2%（城市学龄前儿童为25.6%；农村学龄前儿童为14.8%）。农村学龄前儿童体重不足的比例（23.8%）高于城市学龄前儿童（14.4%），体重不足的总体患病率为19.1%。
城乡学龄前儿童的龋齿与BMI之间无显著相关性。肥胖/超重现象在城市学龄前儿童中更为普遍，而农村学龄前儿童主要存在体重不足的情况。
