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Socioeconomic status category vs Children without dental caries: Dental caries (association with middle SES)

Population
Children (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
Intervention
Socioeconomic status category
Comparison
Children without dental caries
Outcome
Dental caries (association with middle SES)

Middle SES showed no significant association with dental caries (OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.59 to 1.10; 7 studies; not GRADE-rated).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Socioeconomic status category vs Children without dental caries
Dental caries (association with middle SES) · Children (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries · Low- and middle-income countries (Brazil, Nigeria, Cambodia, Tanzania, Mexico, Ethiopia), Middle SES
Middle SES showed no significant association with dental caries (OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.59 to 1.10; 7 studies; not GRADE-rated).
Individual, Family, and Socioeconomic Contributors to Dental Caries in Children from Low- and Middle-Income… (2022) All outcomes
OR 0.80 [0.59, 1.10]7 studies · 7175 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Individual, Family, and Socioeconomic Contributors to Dental Caries in Children from Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
2022 All outcomes
March 2022 (all databases searched 11 March 2022; MEDLINE 1946 to 11 March 2022; CINAHL 1937 to 11 March 2022)11Not applicable
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