Oral health and linear growth in primary school children: a five-year longitudinal study

Poormahmoodi, Azizolah; Sedaghat, Zahra; Estakhrian Haghighi, Roksana; Fararouei, Mohammad

doi:10.30476/jhsss.2020.84368.1033

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ school of health, Yasouj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran

² Phd Student Research Center for Health Sciences, Department Epidemiology, School of public Health, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

³ BSc; Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz university of Medical Sciences

⁴ Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran;

https://doi.org/10.30476/jhsss.2020.84368.1033

Abstract

Background: Young children are in the fundamentally important physical and cognitive growth phases of their life. Undermining the health issues of this critical segment of the population may seriously affect communities’ health and development. Linear growth among children is a fundamental health index, which is affected by so many different factors. This study was carried out to evaluate the growth status of school-age children to identify some demographic and clinical factors that can predict linear growth among schoolchildren in the fourth largest Iranian city.
Methods: The present retrospective cohort study was carried out on a large sample (n=2488)of female and male schoolchildren from the first (7-year-old) to the last year (12-year-old) of primary school in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province.
Results: Adjusted for the other study variables, negative and significant associations were found between children’s height Z-score and family size (P<0.001); and the number of decayed teeth (P=0.03). However, a direct and significant association was found between father’s education and children’s height Z-score (P=0.01). Concerning their weight, paternal literacy was inversely associated with the children’s weight Z-score (P=0.002). A positive and significant association was also found between the birth order and children’s weight (P=0.04).
Conclusion: Oral health is an important parameter in children’s growth and possibly development. Oral health services should be provided to children before school age.

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Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System

Oral health and linear growth in primary school children: a five-year longitudinal study

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Volume 8, Issue 1
January 2020
Pages 40-48

Oral health and linear growth in primary school children: a five-year longitudinal study

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Volume 8, Issue 1January 2020Pages 40-48

Volume 8, Issue 1
January 2020
Pages 40-48