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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.

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5 questions in 2 reviews · cluster CL0033

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No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 5 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

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QuestionEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Socioeconomic status category vs None (descriptive single-group pooled prevalence)
Low SES prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries · Low SES
Individual, Family, and Socioeconomic Contributors to Dental Caries in Children from Low- and Middle-Income… (2022)
Prevalence 0.359 [0.1673, 0.5779]4 studiesUngraded
Socioeconomic status category vs None (descriptive single-group pooled prevalence)
Middle SES prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries · Middle SES
Individual, Family, and Socioeconomic Contributors to Dental Caries in Children from Low- and Middle-Income… (2022)
Prevalence 0.3534 [0.1804, 0.55]7 studiesUngraded
Socioeconomic status category vs None (descriptive single-group pooled prevalence)
High SES prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries · High SES
Individual, Family, and Socioeconomic Contributors to Dental Caries in Children from Low- and Middle-Income… (2022)
Prevalence 0.2451 [0.1621, 0.339]5 studiesUngraded
Lower socioeconomic position measured by poverty income and education vs Higher socioeconomic position
Periodontitis and allostatic load · US adults in NHANES III
Social-Biological Interactions in Oral Disease: A 'Cells to Society' View. (2016)
no estimate extracted1 studyUngraded
Lower socioeconomic position measured by annual family income and poverty-income ratio vs Higher socioeconomic position
Periodontitis and allostatic load · US adults in NHANES 1999-2004 · Race/ethnicity
Social-Biological Interactions in Oral Disease: A 'Cells to Society' View. (2016)
no estimate extracted1 studyUngraded