Table 2 Caries Experience and Malnutrition from Baseline to 2-year Follow-up (Cross-sectional and Longitudinal samples)^a

Caries Prevalence

0–6 years Cross-sectional

595

81.3%

546

78.0%

0.070

2–4 years-old Cross-sectional

293

89.9%

247

80.2%

<0.001

2–4 years-old Longitudinal

100

93.5%

63

86.3%

0.089

Mean dmft

0–6 years Cross-sectional

731

7.3 (SD 5.4)

698

6.1 (SD 4.7)

<0.001

2–4 years Cross-sectional

326

7.7 (SD 5.0)

308

5.3 (SD 3.2)

<0.001

2–4 years Longitudinal

110

8.2 (SD 4.8)

123

6.2 (SD 4.1)

0.024

Prevalence of Deep decay

0–6 years Cross-sectional

287

39.2%

256

36.6%

0.165

2–4 years Cross-sectional

116

35.6%

82

26.6%

0.009

2–4 years Longitudinal

34

31.8%

25

34.2%

0.425

Prevalence of Mouth pain

0–6 years Cross-sectional

221

30.2%

145

20.8%

<0.001

2–4 years Cross-sectional

94

28.8%

73

23.7%

0.084

2–4 years Longitudinal

40

37.4%

23

31.5%

0.258

Prevalence of any Restorative Treatment

0–6 years Cross-sectional

163

22.3%

192

27.5%

0.014

2–4 years Cross-sectional

46

14.1%

54

17.5%

0.142

2–4 years Longitudinal

18

16.8%

18

24.7%

0.136

Mean number of untreated lesions

0–6 years Cross-sectional

731

6.2 (SD 5.0)

698

5.2 (SD 4.3)

<0.001

2–4 years Cross-sectional

326

7.4 (SD 4.9)

308

4.9 (SD 3.9)

<0.001

2–4 years Longitudinal

110

7.8 (SD 4.8)

123

5.5 (SD 3.9)

0.001

Stunting prevalence HAZ < −2Z

0–6 years Cross-sectional

22

30.6%

198

24.8%

0.183

2–4 years Cross-sectional

113

34.7%

99

32.1%

0.278

2–4 years Longitudinal

46

43.0%

21

28.8%

0.037

Underweight prevalence WAZ < −2Z

0–6 years Cross-sectional

53

7.3%

40

5.7%

0.144

2–4 years Cross-sectional

19

5.8%

16

5.2%

0.431

2–4 years Longitudinal

4

3.7%

2

2.7%

0.533