Relationship between Malnutrition and the Number of Permanent Teeth in Filipino 10- to 13-Year-Olds

Table 1

Characteristics of the 10- to 13-year-old Filipino students.

Variable	Boys; (𝑛=711)	Girls; (𝑛=843)	P value
Age (yrs)^a	11.92 (1.08)	11.83 (1.00)	0.115^d
10.00–10.99 yrs (𝑛all/𝑛thinness/𝑛stunting)	85/25/26	83/15/30
11.00–11.99 yrs (𝑛all/𝑛thinness/𝑛stunting)	279/58/113	383/58/142
12.00–12.99 yrs (𝑛all/𝑛thinness/𝑛stunting)	245/58/142	277/41/139
13.00–13.99 yrs (𝑛all/𝑛thinness/𝑛stunting)	102/22/64	100/25/60
Height (cm)^b	135.5 (8.4)	137.4 (8.9)	<0.001^e
Weight (kg)^a	28.5 (6.0)	30.0 (9.0)	<0.001^d
BMI (kg/m²)^a	15.5 (2.1)	15.9 (2.5)	<0.001^d
Number of permanent teeth (𝑛)^a	26 (5)	26 (4)	<0.001^d
Stunting prevalence (%)^c	48.5 (44.8–52.3)	44.0 (40.6–47.4)	0.082^f
Thinness prevalence (%)^c	22.9 (19.9–26.2)	16.5 (14.1–19.2)	0.002^f

aValues shown are expressed as median (IQR).
bValues shown are expressed as mean (SD).
cValues shown are expressed as percentage (95% CI).
dMann-Whitney U test—differences between sexes.
et-test—differences between sexes.
^f𝜒²-test—differences between sexes.