Descriptives of age of entry and age within tooth stages in years between groups defined by Body Mass Index Z score.

The mean ages for tooth stages for groups defined by body mass index Z score (BMIZ) are similar and the difference between them is not significantly different to zero. This was observed at all molar stages for both statistical approaches.95% CI 95% confidence interval, difference between normal and malnourished mean ages, SE diff standard error of mean difference, p value for 95% CI of difference in mean ages.