Non-Cochrane · aetiology · PM32729621
Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case-control and cross-sectional study.
Shi Linan, Jia Jinhai, Li Chunnian, et al. · Bioscience reports · 2020 · PubMed · doi:10.1042/bsr20200870
Full textEvery question was extracted from the full text, figures and supplements by two independent LLM extractors, disagreements adjudicated. Rows cite where in the review the value comes from.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
0
No studies
0
Included studies
28
linked below
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 5 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%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.
Review question
| Element | Planned (methods) | Found (results) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | Children aged 6 years or younger (preschool children) | 22 studies of children aged 6 years or younger (n=25,166 participants) |
| Intervention | Preterm birth and/or low birth weight (<2500 g) as exposure factors | Preterm (16 studies; 21,279 participants) and low birth weight (15 studies) |
| Comparison | Full-term birth / normal birth weight | Full-term birth / normal birth weight |
| Outcomes | Early childhood caries (ECC), expressed as odds ratio (OR) or adjusted OR with 95% CI | Early childhood caries (ECC) |
| Study designs | Epidemiological studies (case-control and cross-sectional) | 22 studies: 7 case-control and 15 cross-sectional (15 cross-sectional and 2 case-control high quality; remaining case-control studies moderate quality) |
| Timing | Not specified | Not specified |
Search date: Up to December 2019. Databases: PubMed; Wiley; Cochrane Library; Science Direct; China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI); VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP); Wanfang
Questions and results
Preterm birth (<37 weeks gestation) vs Full-term birth (37 weeks or more gestation)
Population: Children aged 6 years or younger (preschool children)
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Early childhood caries (ECC) Children aged 3 years or younger In children aged 3 years or younger, preterm birth was not associated with early childhood caries (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.59 to 1.37); certainty not graded. Source: Results 'Meta-analysis results'; Figure 4A (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | OR 0.90 [0.59, 1.37] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
Early childhood caries (ECC) Overall Preterm birth was associated with a significantly increased risk of early childhood caries (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.36 to 1.87); certainty not graded. Source: Abstract; Results 'Meta-analysis results'; Figure 2 (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | OR 1.59 [1.36, 1.87] | 16 studies · 21279 participants | Ungraded |
Low birth weight (<2500 g) vs Normal birth weight (2500 g or more)
Population: Children aged 6 years or younger (preschool children)
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Early childhood caries (ECC) Adjusted OR 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. Source: Results 'Meta-analysis results'; Figure 3B (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | OR 1.05 [0.71, 1.57] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
Early childhood caries (ECC) Children aged 3 years or younger In children aged 3 years or younger, low birth weight was not associated with early childhood caries (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.24 to 2.51); certainty not graded. Source: Results 'Meta-analysis results'; Figure 4B (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | OR 0.78 [0.24, 2.51] | 3 studies | Ungraded |
Early childhood caries (ECC) Overall (crude OR) Low birth weight was not associated with early childhood caries (crude OR 1.12, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.33); certainty not graded. Source: Abstract; Results 'Meta-analysis results'; Figure 3A (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | OR 1.12 [0.94, 1.33] | 15 studies | Ungraded |
Included primary studies 28
Open as a trial list| Study | Also included by | Outcomes it informs here | Trial PICO | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gopal 2016 matched by author and year (probable) | 2 other reviews | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Prakash 2012 matched by author and year (probable) | 2 other reviews | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Sridevi 2018 Factors associated with early childhood caries among 3 to 6 year old children in India: A case control study DOI:10.3233/npm-181723 | 2 other reviews | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Zhou 2011 Risk indicators for early childhood caries in 2‐year‐old children in southern China DOI:10.1111/j.1834-7819.2010.01280.x | 2 other reviews | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Saravia 2007 Are intrauterine growth restriction and preterm birth associated with dental caries? DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00345.x | 1 other review | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Schuler 2017 Dental Caries and Developmental Defects of Enamel in the Primary Dentition of Preterm Infants: Case-Control Observational Study DOI:10.1159/000480124 | 1 other review | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Campus 2008 National Pathfinder Survey on Children’s Oral Health in Italy: Pattern and Severity of Caries Disease in 4-Year-Olds DOI:10.1159/000211719 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Campus 2008 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Chen 2015 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Correa-Faria 2013 Factors associated with the development of early childhood caries among Brazilian preschoolers DOI:10.1590/s1806-83242013005000021 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Correa-Faria 2013 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Gopal 2016 DOI:10.3290/j.ohpd.a35619 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Li 1996 Caries Experience in Deciduous Dentition of Rural Chinese Children 3–5 Years Old in Relation to the Presence or Absence of Enamel Hypoplasia DOI:10.1159/000262130 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Masumo 2014 Impact of low birthweight on early childhood caries in 6–36 months old infants in Uganda: A cross-sectional study DOI:10.3109/00016357.2014.880189 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Masumo 2014 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Miao 2011 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Miao 2015 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Olatosi 2014 The prevalence of early childhood caries and its associated risk factors among preschool children referred to a tertiary care institution DOI:10.4103/1119-3077.156887 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Olatosi 2014 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Rajshekar 2011 Comparison of primary dentition caries experience in pre-term low birth-weight and full-term normal birth-weight children aged one to six… DOI:10.4103/0970-4388.84685 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Rajshekar 2011 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Saravia 2007 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Schuler 2017 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Sridevi 2018 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Yang 2014 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Zhao 2010 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Zhen 2016 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Zhou 2011 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
Overlap with other reviews
Reviews that include the same primary studies are not independent evidence. Shared counts match studies by PMID, DOI or NCT, and otherwise by author and year (a probable match).