Table 3 Trends in prevalence of dental caries by sex and obesity subgroups.

From: Secular trends in dental caries in Korean children and adolescents: 2007–2019 Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey

Groupa

Dental caries (weighted % ± standard error)

Age-unadjusted

Age-adjusted

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

coefficient

p for trend

coefficient

p for trend

Boys

 Normal

0.67 ± 0.04

0.59 ± 0.02

0.64 ± 0.03

0.65 ± 0.03

0.65 ± 0.03

0.67 ± 0.03

0.58 ± 0.03

0.53 ± 0.03

0.53 ± 0.04

0.56 ± 0.04

0.55 ± 0.04

0.47 ± 0.04

0.44 ± 0.04

– 0.016

< 0.001

– 0.017

< 0.001

 Overweight

0.60 ± 0.10

0.65 ± 0.06

0.71 ± 0.06

0.71 ± 0.07

0.59 ± 0.09

0.65 ± 0.08

0.44 ± 0.10

0.59 ± 0.10

0.38 ± 0.09

0.60 ± 0.10

0.49 ± 0.10

0.48 ± 0.10

0.60 ± 0.09

– 0.013

0.063

– 0.012

0.061

 Obese

0.96 ± 0.04

0.65 ± 0.10

0.62 ± 0.10

0.49 ± 0.10

0.76 ± 0.09

0.58 ± 0.10

0.89 ± 0.06

0.61 ± 0.11

0.79 ± 0.07

0.46 ± 0.15

0.52 ± 0.14

0.48 ± 0.11

0.73 ± 0.09

– 0.010

0.189

– 0.011

0.137

Girls

 Normal

0.73 ± 0.03

0.74 ± 0.02

0.74 ± 0.02

0.74 ± 0.03

0.69 ± 0.03

0.75 ± 0.03

0.69 ± 0.03

0.60 ± 0.04

0.57 ± 0.04

0.49 ± 0.04

0.63 ± 0.05

0.52 ± 0.05

0.52 ± 0.04

– 0.020

< 0.001

– 0.020

< 0.001

 Overweight

0.66 ± 0.13

0.76 ± 0.07

0.79 ± 0.07

0.78 ± 0.08

0.61 ± 0.09

0.80 ± 0.09

0.72 ± 0.11

0.62 ± 0.12

0.63 ± 0.10

0.61 ± 0.15

0.75 ± 0.08

0.52 ± 0.12

0.76 ± 0.09

– 0.002

0.845

– 0.004

0.621

 Obese

1.00 ± 0.00

0.88 ± 0.07

0.73 ± 0.12

0.84 ± 0.10

0.67 ± 0.14

0.75 ± 0.17

0.91 ± 0.09

0.81 ± 0.12

0.85 ± 0.09

0.78 ± 0.13

0.94 ± 0.06

0.43 ± 0.18

0.65 ± 0.17

– 0.011

0.418

– 0.013

0.309

  1. aCategorized according to body mass index percentile: normal, < 85th percentile; overweight, 85th to < 95th percentile; obese, ≥ 95th percentile, based on the 2017 Korean National Growth Charts.