Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries in Korean Preschool Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the association between feeding practices and early childhood caries using representative Korean national survey data.

Methods

Data of 2772 children (aged 1-3 years) from the fourth to seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2007-2018) were analysed. Data on decayed-filled teeth (dft) were obtained, and early childhood caries was determined as dft ≥1. Chi-squared test was performed to examine the experiencing of dental caries by participant characteristics, whilst analysis of variance was performed to compare the difference in dft values amongst the 3 groups (breast-feeding, mixed-feeding, and formula-feeding groups). Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the association between feeding pra

SUBMITTER: Park YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275199 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature