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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.
23 questions in 2 reviews · cluster CL0022
current versionsNo studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 9 · 39.1%Very low 12 · 52.2%Low 1 · 4.3%Moderate 1 · 4.3%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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) · By confounder adjustment: adjusted Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.00 [0.89, 1.12] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) · By region: West Asia Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.23 [0.96, 1.50] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (binary; DMFT-based or dentist-diagnosed caries present) · Adults (≥18 years) · By BMI classification: overweight (vs study-defined non-overweight: normal or low weight) Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 0.99 [0.98, 1.00] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) · By region: East Asia Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.02 [0.94, 1.11] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) · By confounder adjustment: not adjusted Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.17 [1.04, 1.29] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.06 [0.98, 1.14] | 18 studies · 270408 participants | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) · By sample size: n ≥ 5000 Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.04 [0.92, 1.16] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (binary; DMFT-based or dentist-diagnosed caries present) · Adults (≥18 years) · By BMI classification: obesity (vs study-defined non-obese: normal or low weight) Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.04 [0.85, 1.23] | NR | Ungraded |
Obesity or overweight (higher BMI, mostly WHO BMI ≥25/≥30; 2 studies used waist circumference) vs Normal weight (not overweight or obese) Dental caries (study-defined binary; assessed by DMFT, number of dental caries, or dentist diagnosis) · Adults (≥18 years) · By sample size: n < 5000 Multimorbidity patterns of dental caries and obesity/overweight among adults: a systematic review and… (2025) | OR 1.13 [0.95, 1.30] | NR | Ungraded |
Overweight/obesity (combined) vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any DMFT), dichotomous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.18 [0.71, 1.95] | 3 studies · 1377 participants | Very low |
Overweight/obesity (combined) vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any DMFT), dichotomous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by WHO 2007 Z-score) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 0.93 [0.78, 1.12] | 2 studies | Low |
Overweight vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries experience (dmft), continuous · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | MD 0.31 [-0.10, 0.73] | 2 studies · 734 participants | Very low |
Overweight vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries experience (DMFT), continuous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | MD -0.06 [-1.03, 0.91] | 2 studies · 446 participants | Very low |
Overweight/obesity (combined) vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any DMFT), dichotomous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by WHO 2006 Z-score) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | Pooled effect not estimable (not shown in article); I2=85%; Very low | 2 studies | Very low |
Obesity vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any DMFT), dichotomous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 2.53 [1.49, 4.29] | 2 studies · 659 participants | Moderate |
Obesity vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries experience (dmft), continuous · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | MD -0.34 [-0.96, 0.27] | 2 studies · 710 participants | Very low |
Overweight vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any DMFT), dichotomous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.01 [0.43, 2.35] | 2 studies · 706 participants | Very low |
Overweight/obesity (combined) vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any dmft), dichotomous · Brazilian children under 5 years in primary dentition (BMI classified by WHO 2006 Z-score) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 0.86 [0.60, 1.22] | 3 studies | Very low |
Obesity vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any dmft), dichotomous · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 0.44 [0.08, 2.61] | 2 studies · 709 participants | Very low |
Obesity vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries experience (DMFT), continuous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | MD 0.61 [0.08, 1.15] | 2 studies · 659 participants | Very low |
Overweight/obesity (combined) vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any DMFT), dichotomous · Brazilian children/adolescents (BMI classified by WHO 2007 percentile) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 0.83 [0.35, 1.94] | 2 studies · 355 participants | Very low |
Overweight/obesity (combined) vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any dmft), dichotomous · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 0.83 [0.45, 1.54] | 2 studies · 826 participants | Very low |
Overweight vs Normal weight (eutrophic) Dental caries prevalence (any dmft), dichotomous · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts) Overweight/obesity and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review and… (2024) | OR 1.02 [0.69, 1.53] | 2 studies · 734 participants | Very low |