Early childhood caries / severe early childhood caries vs Caries-free controls
Change in height-for-age z score · Children aged ≤6 years (early childhood)
The association between baseline caries and declining height-for-age persisted after adjustment (coefficient -0.02); ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
- The bi-directional relationship between growth stunting and early childhood caries: a rapid review. 2023 All outcomes~9.73-month follow-up · China (preschool children) · Shen et al. 2019 (China; adjusted)Regression coefficient -0.02 [-0.04, 0.01]1 study · 1111 participantsGRADE not reported