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

Table 2

Number of permanent teeth among 10- to 13-year-old Filipino students according to thinness and stunting.

Number of permanent teeth^a
Age	Boys			Girls
	Nonthinness (𝑛=548)	Thinness (𝑛=163)	P value^b	Nonthinness (𝑛=704)	Thinness (𝑛=139)	P value^b
10 yrs	22 (15.3; 26)	19 (14; 23)	0.056	24 (20.3; 26)	23 (18; 25)	0.402
11 yrs	25 (21; 27)	22 (18; 26.3)	0.032	26 (24; 28)	24 (21; 27.3)	0.009
12 yrs	26 (24; 28)	25.5 (24; 27)	0.206	27 (25; 28)	26 (24; 28)	0.223
13 yrs	28 (26; 28)	27 (24; 28)	0.202	28 (26; 28)	28 (26; 28)	0.882
total	26 (22; 27)	24 (21; 27)	0.002	26 (24; 28)	26 (23; 28)	0.024
	Nonstunting (𝑛=366)	Stunting (𝑛=345)	P value^c	Nonstunting (𝑛=472)	Stunting (𝑛=371)	P value^c
10 yrs	23 (16; 26)	15.5 (12.8; 22.3)	0.002	24 (21; 26)	21.5 (16.8; 25)	0.009
11 yrs	25 (21; 27)	23 (19; 26.5)	0.011	26 (24; 28)	25 (22; 27)	0.003
12 yrs	27 (25; 28)	26 (24; 27)	0.001	27.5 (26; 28)	26 (23; 28)	<0.001
13 yrs	28 (27; 28)	27 (24; 28)	0.015	28 (26; 28)	28 (26; 28)	0.814
total	26 (22; 27)	25 (21; 27)	0.010	27 (24; 28)	26 (23; 28)	<0.001

aValues shown are expressed as median (P25; P75).
bMann-Whitney U test—differences between nonthinness and thinness.
cMann-Whitney U test—differences between nonstunting and stunting.