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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
22 questions in 2 reviews · cluster CL0021
current versionsNo studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 20 · 90.9%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 9.1%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
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| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Region: Asian countries Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.70 [1.25, 2.32] | 6 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Study design: cross-sectional Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.58 [1.20, 2.08] | 9 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Adjustment for age: yes Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.04 [0.84, 1.30] | 6 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Country population: large Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.56 [1.09, 2.21] | 9 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Age: 7-15 years Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.25 [0.87, 1.81] | 7 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Region: European countries Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 0.81 [0.36, 1.81] | 3 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.44 [1.16, 1.78] | 16 studies | Ungraded |
Higher BMI (continuous / per-unit increment) vs Lower BMI (continuous reference / per 1 kg/m2 decrement) Dental caries in children · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Continuous BMI, direct pooling (studies reporting BMI as a continuous variable) Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.01 [0.99, 1.03] | 4 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Study design: case-control Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.31 [0.77, 2.22] | 4 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Sample size: >900 Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.59 [1.25, 2.02] | 8 studies | Ungraded |
Higher BMI (continuous / per-unit increment) vs Lower BMI (continuous reference / per 1 kg/m2 decrement) Dental caries in children · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Non-linear dose-response (restricted cubic splines) Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | Fig. 5: significant non-linear (restricted cubic spline) dose-response between BMI and childhood dental caries; relative risk rises at higher BMI (curve reaches ~2.4-2.9 at BMI 30-35) and is also elevated among… | NR | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Adjustment for sex: yes Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.30 [0.99, 1.71] | 10 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Adjustment for sex: no Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.74 [1.13, 2.68] | 6 studies | Ungraded |
Obesity vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Untreated dental caries (d component), continuous · Brazilian children/adolescents (BMI classified by WHO 2007 Z-score) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | MD 0.28 [-0.03, 0.59] | 2 studies · 456 participants | Low |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Study design: cohort Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.27 [1.07, 1.56] | 3 studies | Ungraded |
Overweight vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Untreated dental caries (d component), continuous · Brazilian children/adolescents (BMI classified by WHO 2007 Z-score) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | MD 0.03 [-0.24, 0.30] | 2 studies · 515 participants | Low |
Higher BMI (continuous / per-unit increment) vs Lower BMI (continuous reference / per 1 kg/m2 decrement) Dental caries in children · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Linear dose-response (GLST, per 1 kg/m2 BMI increment) Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.01 [1.00, 1.03] | 16 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Country population: small Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.31 [0.95, 1.81] | 7 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Adjustment for age: no Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.68 [1.29, 2.18] | 10 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Region: American countries Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.28 [0.91, 1.81] | 7 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Sample size: <900 Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.25 [0.77, 2.02] | 8 studies | Ungraded |
Highest BMI category (overweight/obese) vs Lowest BMI category (normal weight/underweight) Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Age: <7 years Childhood obesity in relation to risk of dental caries: a cumulative and dose-response systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.59 [1.22, 2.07] | 9 studies | Ungraded |