Lisanne Schröer, Richard P Cooper, Denis Mareschal
Assessing executive functions in free-roaming 2- to 3-year-olds
Frontiers in psychology
order develop statistical model complex interactions among factors affecting early childhood caries development ecc 234 children xxxx oral growth longitudinal study analysed ages 3 4 5 questionnaire childrens parents clinical history nutritional oral hygiene habits clinical oral examinations recorded year probabilistic dependence structure significant factors modelled undirected graphical model ugm markov random fields provides probabilistic reasoning approach establishment multiway associations best fitting ugm estimated maximum likelihood principle twoway factor associations verified fishers exact statistical hypothesis tests count data effect sugar intake caries incidence mediated oral hygiene caries incidence oral hygiene quality relevant toothbrushing time effect pacifier caries incidence statistically significant considered combination breastfeeding time among behavioural ecc risk factors quality oral hygiene toothbrushing frequency primary factor modulates sugar intake primary role ecc developer schoolbased oral health programs ecc prevention improved supervised toothbrushing program ugm analysis could improve schoolbased oral health programs effective efficient prevention strategies based hierarchical interactions among ecc risk factors oral hygiene plays pivotal role early childhood caries modulate positively negatively development supervised toothbrushing crucial intervention included daily educational clinical practice schoolbased oral health promotion programs trial registration clinical trial registration number nct02798809