[Oral and nutritional health status in children attending a school in Cartagena, 2009]. / Estado de salud oral y nutricional en niños de una institución educativa de Cartagena, 2009.
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
; 12(6): 950-60, 2010 Dec.
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OBJECTIVE: Describing the association between the nutritional and oral health status of children attending a school in Cartagena, Colombia. METHOD: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 180 children between aged 5 to 12. Malnutrition was assessed by anthropometric and biochemical tests, a questionnaire was used for ascertaining theirdiets andgingival disease, changes in soft tissues, dental caries, enamel abnormalities and oral hygiene status were measured clinically. Descriptive statistics involved frequency distributions. Disease prevalence was estimated for inferring the results; odds ratios(OR)were used for assessing the strength of association between variables (95 % confidence interval)and the X² test was used determining statistical significance. RESULTS: 2 % (0.0-4.4 95 % CI)chronic malnutrition was found. The most prevalent oral diseases were dental caries (82 %;77-88 95 % CI), periodontal disease (66 %;59-73 95 % CI), fluorosis (30 %; 23-37 95 % CI), hypocalcification (11 %; 6-15 95 % CI) and hypoplasia (6 %;3-10 95 % CI). Malnutrition and hypoplasia and the risk of malnutrition andfluorosis had the highest estimates of association (OR=18.5; 2.33-147.2 95 % CI; p=0.000 and OR=2.63;1.02-6.76 95 % CI;p=0.04, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: A direct association between malnutrition and oral pathologies could not be determined;alterationssuch as fluorosis and hypoplasia could be influenced by malnutrition.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Periodontais
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Doenças Dentárias
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Saúde Bucal
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Estado Nutricional
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Desnutrição
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota)
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Colômbia
País de publicação:
Colômbia