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Table 2 Anthropometric measurements before and after treatment

From: Associations between oral health-related impacts and rate of weight gain after extraction of pulpally involved teeth in underweight preschool Filipino children

 

Before treatment

After treatment

 
 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

p-value*

Weight (kg)

13.9

(13.7, 14.1)

15.1

(14.8, 15.4)

<0.001

Height (cm)

102.7

(102.0, 103.4)

104.3

(103.5, 105.1)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

13.2

(13.1, 13.3)

13.8

(13.7, 13.9)

<0.001

WAZ (SD)•

−2.14

(−2.24, -2.04)

−1.88

(−2.01, -1.75)

<0.001

HAZ (SD) •

−1.58

(−1.72, -1.44)

−1.67

(−1.82, -1.52)

<0.001

BAZ (SD)•

−1.67

(−1.75, -1.52)

−1.15

(−1.27, -1.03)

<0.001

  1. *Paired T-test.
  2. • WAZ = weight-for-age, HAZ = height-for-age, BAZ = BMI-for-age (Z-scores).
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