Untreated severe dental decay: a neglected determinant of low Body Mass Index in 12-year-old Filipino children

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Odds ratio (adjusted) obtained from a logistic model

	Dependent variable	BMI < normal
Variables	Odds ratio	Confidence limits	P-value
Boys versus girls	1.52	1.24-1.87	<0.001
Large families versus small families	1.39	1.13-1.72	0.002
No TV at home versus TV at home	1.21	0.96-1.53	0.10
PUFA versus no PUFA	1.47	1.19-1.80	<0.001

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