Open AccessIron deficiency and early childhood caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Shuaiqi Ji,
Rui Han,
Pingping Huang,
Shuangyi Wang,
Hao Lin,
Lei Ma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001729
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , mean corpuscular volume , confidence interval , odds ratio , iron deficiency anemia , anemia , publication bias , pediatrics , iron deficiency , mean corpuscular hemoglobin , ferritin , hemoglobin
Previous surveys have found that children with iron deficiency (ID) were likely to suffer from early childhood caries (ECC). We aimed to assess the scientific evidence about whether ID is intrinsically related to ECC.