Dental caries and weight among children in Nuuk, Greenland, at school entry

Figures & data

Table 1. Basic characteristics of the males and females included in the study.

	Males, n=185	Females, n=188
	Median	Median
	(Q1–Q3)	(Q1–Q3)
Variables	(min–max)	(min–max)	p-value
Age (years)	6.5	6.6	0.789
	(6.30–6.80)	(6.30–6.80)
	(5.9–7.4)	(5.4–7.4)
Weight (kg)	24.1	23.6	0.026
	(22.2–26.7)	(21.50–25.60)
	(13.6–37.9)	(16.3–42.2)
Height (m)	1.2	1.2	<0.001
	(1.2–1.3)	(1.1–1.3)
	(1.1–1.4)	(1.2–1.2)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	16.1	16.2	0.990
	(15.3–17.0)	(15.2–17.1)
	(10.8–23.8)	(12.9–25.0)
Weight class proportion	%	%
Thin	2.7(5/185)	4.8 (9/188)	0.289
Normal weight	84.9 (157/185)	76.6 (144/188)	0.043
Overweight	9.2 (17/185)	11.7(22/188)	0.430
Obese	3.2(6/185)	6.9(13/188)	0.107
Overweight or obese	12.4(23/185)	18.6(35/188)	0.186

Table 2. The prevalence of dental caries (dft > 0) and body mass index-for-age weight classes.

Weight class	Thin	Normal	Overweight	Obese	p-value*	Total
Dental caries (%)	50.0 (7/14)	55.5 (167/301)	64.1 (25/39)	73.7 (14/19)	0.063	57.1 (213/373)

*χ² trend test.