Early childhood caries / severe early childhood caries vs Caries-free controls: Risk of malnutrition (younger children, 6 months to 6 years)
- Population
- Children aged ≤6 years (early childhood)
- Intervention
- Early childhood caries / severe early childhood caries
- Comparison
- Caries-free controls
- Outcome
- Risk of malnutrition (younger children, 6 months to 6 years)
One Nepalese cross-sectional study found no significant association between severe ECC and malnutrition risk in children under 6 (mean difference 0.13, p=0.609); ungraded.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Early childhood caries / severe early childhood caries vs Caries-free children Risk of malnutrition (younger children, 6 months to 6 years) · Children in early childhood (0-6 years) · Nepal, Zahid et al. 2020 (Nepal; children 6 months-6 years) One Nepalese cross-sectional study found no significant association between severe ECC and malnutrition risk in children under 6 (mean difference 0.13, p=0.609); ungraded. The bi-directional relationship between growth stunting and early childhood caries: a rapid review. (2023) All outcomes | MD 0.13 [-0.64, 0.38] | 1 study · 273 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The bi-directional relationship between growth stunting and early childhood caries: a rapid review. 2023 All outcomes | Not specified (included studies published 2015-2020; inclusion window 2012-2020) | 9 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Stunting Malnutrition Associated with Severe Tooth Decay in Cambodian Toddlers. · 2021 · included by 1 of these review
- Chronic malnutrition and oral health status in children aged 1 to 5 years: An observational study. · 2020 · included by 1 of these review
- Associations between Child Snack and Beverage Consumption, Severe Dental Caries, and Malnutrition in Nepal. · 2020 · included by 1 of these review
- The bidirectional relationship between weight, height and dental caries among preschool children in China. · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
- Early Childhood Oral Health and Nutrition in Urban and Rural Nepal. · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
- Early Childhood Caries, Mouth Pain, and Nutritional Threats in Vietnam. · 2015 · included by 1 of these review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.