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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 104, 期 5, 页码 860-864出版社
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301699
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research [K08DE020856, L60MD003921, T90DE021884, U54DE019346.]
- William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program
Objectives. We examined associations of household socioeconomic status (SES) and food security with children's oral health outcomes. Methods. We analyzed 2007 and 2008 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data for children aged 5 to 17 years (n = 2206) to examine the relationship between food security and untreated dental caries and to assess whether food security mediates the SES-caries relationship. Results. About 20.1% of children had untreated caries. Most households had full food security (62%); 13% had marginal, 17% had low, and 8% had very low food security. Higher SES was associated with significantly lower caries prevalence (prevalence ratio [PR] = 0.77; 95% confidence interval = 0.63, 0.94; P = .01). Children from households with low or very low food security had significantly higher caries prevalence (PR = 2.00 and PR = 1.70, respectively) than did children living in fully food-secure households. Caries prevalence did not differ among children from fully and marginally food-secure households (P = .17). Food insecurity did not appear to mediate the SES-caries relationship. Conclusions. Interventions and policies to ensure food security may help address the US pediatric caries epidemic.
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