[Association between dental caries and the body mass index in a school population in Iztapalapa, Mexico City].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the association between dental caries and body mass index in school children from six to twelve years of 20 elementary schools located in the four educational regions of Iztapalapa, in Mexico City.


METHODS
The study was cross-comparative-descriptive, observational, with a nonrandom convenience sample of 6,230 schoolchildren, composed of the school who gave their prior informed permission signed by parents or guardians to participate in this study consent rate. The results were captured in the computer program SPSS version 15.0.


RESULTS
Of all schools, 10.5% were underweight, with an average of 2.3 dental caries. 49.6% reported normal weight, with 2.8 decayed teeth. 21.1% overweight, and 3.1. The 9.5% obese and 3.1, 9.3% with endogenous obesity and 3.2 decayed teeth respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
In this study exist an association between dental caries and obesity, which makes him a multidimensional problem, where economic, cultural, political and social processes interact there.
Tomás
T
Caudillo-Joya
Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
María Del Pilar
Mdel P
Adriano-Anaya
Pilar Alejandra
PA
Caudillo-Adriano
D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D056865:Ideal Body Weight; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology*