Female sex vs Male sex: Dental caries
- Population
- School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah
- Intervention
- Female sex
- Comparison
- Male sex
- Outcome
- Dental caries
Female sex was associated with higher DMFT.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Female sex vs Male sex Mean DMFT · School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah · Overall Female sex was associated with higher DMFT. Oral Health of Children and Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates: A Systematic Review of the Past Decade. (2021) All outcomes | Regression coefficient 0.41 [0.01, 0.81] | 1 study · 803 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Health of Children and Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates: A Systematic Review of the Past Decade. 2021 All outcomes | May 4, 2021 | 42 | Not applicable |
Related questions
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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.
- Oral manifestations and dentofacial anomalies in β‐thalassemia major children in Dubai (UAE) · 2017 · 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.