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Socioeconomic level and Cariogenic Potential in the diet of children from 3 to 6 years old in quarantine by Covid-19, Metropolitan Lima 2020.
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2022-07-08) Murillo Cabrera, Lesly Astrid; Arauzo Sinchez, Carlos Javier
Dental caries is the most prevalent oral disease worldwide. One of the etiological factors of this disease is fermentable carbohydrates (sugars), as well as other modulating factors such as socioeconomic status. Objective: To evaluate the association between socioeconomic status and cariogenic potential in the diet of children aged 3 to 6 years in 02 districts of Metropolitan Lima during the COVID-19 quarantine period. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, relational, and prospective study was conducted with a convenience sample of 120 children, where the caregivers recorded a food diary for their child (frequency and time of food consumption at home) over 3 days of the week (2 weekdays and 1 weekend day), along with data related to the family's socioeconomic status. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationships between categorical variables, adopting a significance level of 5%. Results: The results showed that the low, medium, and high cariogenic potential of the participants was 5.8%, 48.3%, and 45.8%, respectively. The cariogenic potential was significantly associated with socioeconomic status (p=0.009). Children from socioeconomic level D had 3.5 times higher consumption of foods with high cariogenic potential compared to children from socioeconomic level C. [OR (95% CI)] [3.51(1.36-9.02)]. Conclusions: The consumption of potentially cariogenic foods in children during the COVID-19 quarantine period is influenced by family socioeconomic status.