Assessing causal effects of early life ‐course factors on early childhood caries in 5‐year‐old Ugandan children using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs): A prospective cohort study

ConclusionsBoth plausible models indicated that being exclusively breastfed for 24 weeks had a protective causal effect against ECC. Further research, examining the unmeasured variables included in the DAGs is necessary to strengthen the present finding and allow stronger causal claims.

Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - June 1, 2017 Category: Dentistry Authors: Nancy Birungi, Lars T. Fadnes, Arabat Kasangaki, Victoria Nankabirwa, Isaac Okullo, Stein A. Lie, James K. Tumwine, Anne N. Åstrøm, Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research