Relationship between Untreated Dental Caries and Weight and Height of 6- to 12-Year-Old Primary School Children in Bangladesh

Table 1

Description of study population (𝑛=1699).

Variables	Number	Within group percentage with caries	Within group percentage underweight
Age group
6–8 years	754	60.0	29.2
9–12 years	945	50.4	24.2
Sex
Boys	862	55.9	31.9
Girls	837	53.3	20.8
Area
Rural and suburban	965	52.6	22.6
Urban	734	57.2	31.5
Socioeconomic position
Lower	1069	53.6	26.1
Lower middle	630	56.4	27.0
Skipping meals in a week
Never	1474	54.2	25.8
Once/more	225	57.8	30.7
Tooth cleaning
Once/day	1161	54.2	26.9
Twice/day	538	55.7	25.6
Visit to a doctor
Never	1214	52.1	26.1
Once/more	485	61.0	27.4