An ecological study of the association between environmental indicators and early childhood caries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A prior study described the association between ecosystem vitality, environmental health, and early childhood caries (ECC). The objective of this study was to determine the association between 24 global environmental indicators and ECC in 3-5-year-old children.

Results

In 61 countries, 55.5% of 3-5-year-old children had ECC. Eight factors had a small effect-size association with ECC: percentage of area that is marine-protected (partial eta squared; ƞ² = 0.03); species habitat index (ƞ² = 0.06); percentage of tree-cover loss (ƞ² = 0.03); regional marine trophic index (ƞ² = 0.03); total carbon dioxide emission intensity (ƞ² = 0.03); methane emission intensity (ƞ² = 0.04); nitrous oxide emission intens

SUBMITTER: Folayan MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542688 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature