Low birth weight (<2500 g) vs Normal birth weight (2500 g or more)
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 6 years or younger (preschool children)
Adjusted analyses also showed no association between low birth weight and early childhood caries (adjusted OR 1.05, 95% CI 0.71 to 1.57); certainty not graded.
3 findings from 1 review
- Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case-control and… 2020 All outcomesCommunity/epidemiological studies of preschool children (multiple countries) · Adjusted OROR 1.05 [0.71, 1.57]2 studiesGRADE not reported
- Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case-control and… 2020 All outcomesCommunity/epidemiological studies of preschool children (multiple countries) · Children aged 3 years or youngerOR 0.78 [0.24, 2.51]3 studiesGRADE not reported
- Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case-control and… 2020 All outcomesCommunity/epidemiological studies of preschool children (multiple countries) · Overall (crude OR)OR 1.12 [0.94, 1.33]15 studiesGRADE not reported