Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Kashif Rehman Khan, Muhammad Asif Yasin
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BMC health services research
objective study determine prevalence early childhood caries children severe acute malnutrition sam also hierarchy association malnutrition anemia risk factors ecc using machine learning algorithms hospitalbased preventive interventional study conducted sam children age 2 6 years admitted malnutrition treatment unit mtu oral examination early childhood caries status done using deft index anthropometric measurements blood examination reports recorded oral health education preventive dental treatments given admitted children three machine learning algorithms random tree cart neural network applied assess relationship early childhood caries malnutrition anemia risk factors random tree model showed age significant factor predicting ecc predictor importance 9875 followed maternal education 2920 hemoglobin level 1667 frequency snack intake 917 deft score 875 consumption snacks 71 breastfeeding 625 severe acute malnutrition 542 frequency sugar intake 375 religion minimum predictor importance 208 anemia malnutrition play significant role prediction hence causation ecc pediatricians also keep mind anemia malnutrition negative impact childrens dental health hence pediatricians pediatric dentist work together treating health problem