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

Table 2

Distribution of caries and underweight by age.

Age group	Any decayed teeth (𝑛)	% of underweight children	Significance*
6–8 years	Yes (452)	33.4	<0.01
	No (302)	22.8
9–12 years	Yes (476)	27.7	<0.05
	No (469)	20.7

^∗𝑃 value of chi-square test for difference between caries groups.