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Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria

Authors: ADETAYO Adekunle

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: 23

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Objective: The main objective of this study was to determine the association between dental caries and body mass index (BMI), and dental caries and frequency of sugar consumption among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 1,164 students between 15 to 23 years of age. The independent variables for this study included age, sex, socioeconomic status, BMI. frequency of consuming refined sugars between meals and oral hygiene measures after consumption of refined sugars.Descriptive analysis was used for all the quantitative variables while inferential analysis using logistic regression was used to determine predictors of dental caries.

Results: A total of 1,164 students participated in the study comprising 61.9?males and 38.1% males.The mean age of the participants was 18.13 (+/- 4.99) years and mean BMI was 21.68 (+/- 7.93). The prevalence of dental caries was 10.6% and the mean Decay Misssing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) was 0.32 (+/- 1.05). Age and socioeconomic status were the significant predictors of dental caries (p=0.02); p=0.04 respectively). However, there was increased odds of having dental dental caries in students with normal BMI (AOR: 1.19; P= 0.62). students that consumed refined sugars 3-4 between meals (AOR: 1.27; P= 0.28) and students that did nothing after consumption of refined sugars (AOR: 1.43; P = 0.51).

Conclusion: The prevalence of dental caries in this study population was low, older students from middle socioeconomic status had significant caries prevalence and there were increased odds of dental caries in students with normal BMI, and in those that consumed refined sugars 3-4 times between meals.

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ADETAYO,A. . (0000). Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria, 2 (), 29-29.

ADETAYO,A. . "Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria" 2, no (), (0000): 29-29.

ADETAYO,A. and . (0000). Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria, 2 (), pp29-29.

ADETAYOA, . Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria. 0000, 2 ():29-29.

ADETAYO,Adekunle , . "Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria", 2 . (0000) : 29-29.

A.Adekunle , "Dental caries, frequency of refined sugar consumption and body mass index among freshmen undergraduate students in nigeria" vol.2, no., pp. 29-29, 0000.

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