Table 2 The association between BMI at the 18-month assessment and ‘any’ and ‘advanced’ dental caries.
From: A twin study of body mass index and dental caries in childhood
Factor | Any caries | Advanced caries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Unadjusted P-value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted P-value | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Unadjusted P-value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted P-value | |
(n = 324) | (n = 324) | (n = 306) | (n = 306) | (n = 324) | (n = 324) | (n = 306) | (n = 306) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 1.05 (0.86, 1.26) | 0.62 | 1.02 (0.82, 1.26) | 0.88 | 1.06 (0.88, 1.28) | 0.53 | 1.04 (0.84, 1.28) | 0.75 |
Within/Between-pair analysis | ||||||||
Within-Pair | 1.09 (0.77, 1.54) | 0.62 | 1.02 (0.72, 1.45) | 0.92 | 0.88 (0.63, 1.21) | 0.42 | 0.82 (0.58, 1.16) | 0.27 |
Between-Pair | 1.02 (0.81, 1.29) | 0.85 | 1.00 (0.79, 1.26) | 0.99 | 1.19 (0.92, 1.53) | 0.18 | 1.14 (0.88, 1.47) | 0.33 |
