Pulp-involved caries vs No pulp-involved caries: Body‐mass index z score (zBMI)
The review reported lower body mass index-for-age z scores in children with pulp-involved caries.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pulp-involved caries vs No pulp-involved caries Body mass index-for-age z score · Children aged 1–6 years · Vietnam, Pulp-involved caries The review reported lower body mass index-for-age z scores in children with pulp-involved caries. The bi-directional relationship between growth stunting and early childhood caries: a rapid review. (2023) All outcomes | MD 1.18 | 1 study · 593 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
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.