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Correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI), dental caries and respiratory system disease among 8 - 15 years old patients in Kosovo: A Pilot Study
摘要
Every modern society's primary goal is to ensure proper health care for their children. Problems of obesity/overweight and underweight in children related to caries and overall oral health is well documented. In our pilot study we compared the potential correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI), dental caries and Respiratory System Disease in children age 8 - 15 years old patients. Data for a total of 121 children was obtained at the University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosova, Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry Clinic from May until December 2016.The children's demographic data, age, gender, dental status, OHI-S calculations, respiratory disease data, orthodontic anomalies and dmft/DMFT values are noted. Research team members observed eight most frequent diagnoses, respiratory tract infections both in upper and lower airways, asthma and allergic rhinitis (ICD 46X). 121 subjects are included age 8 - 15, average age was 11.4 (SD ± 2.3 years). From the overall population 60 children were overweight or 49.6%, orthodontic abnormalities are represented with 41.3%, respiratory system disease with 49.9%, stage one OHI-S are represented with 38.8%, stage two OHI-S is represented with 15.7% and third stage of OHI-S 14.9%. Based on gender, we have not found any important statistical significance difference (P＞0.05). Meanwhile, significant statistical difference between the dmft/DMFT (P=0.002) between the obese and non-obese subjects and the OHI-S index (P=0.017). Whereas, there was no statistical important significance in the overall morbidity caused by respiratory disease (P=0.717) and orthodontic abnormalities (P=0.463). Our results suggested that correlation between dmft/DMFT and OHI(s) and obesity was significant, although weak correlation was found between obese/normal weight children and respiratory disease frequency and orthodontic abnormalities.
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