Prevalence of oral health problems in U.S. adults, NHANES 1999-2004: exploring differences by age, education, and race/ethnicity.
Prevalence of oral health problems in U.S. adults, NHANES 1999-2004: exploring differences by age, education, and race/ethnicity.
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10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00280.x
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2012-11
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Crimmins EM
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Kim JK;Baker LA;Seirawan H;Crimmins EM
利用1999-2004年的国家健康和营养检查调查(NHANES)，作者按种族/民族和社会经济状况检查了口腔健康指标中的年龄模式，这些指标与无牙畸形、根面龋齿和牙周病有关。我们的分析对象包括20岁以上的非西班牙裔白人、墨西哥裔美国人和非洲裔美国人，并参加了NHANES口腔健康检查。非洲裔美国人在更年轻的时候经历了更多的口腔健康问题；随着年龄的增加，口腔健康问题上的种族差异也越来越大。在所有年龄段，低教育程度与更多的口腔健康问题密切相关。这些结果可能表明非裔美国人的口腔健康问题随着年龄的增长进展得更快，从而表明先前研究报告的种族/少数民族成员的“较早老龄化”也可能出现在口腔健康中。
Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 1999–2004, the authors examined age patterns in oral health indicators by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status related to edentulism, presence of root caries, and periodontal disease. Our analysis included subjects who were non-Hispanic White, Mexican American, and African American over the age of 20, and who participated in the NHANES oral health examination. African Americans experienced more oral health problems at younger ages; as age increased, so did racial disparities in oral health problems. Lower educational attainment was strongly associated with more oral health problems at all ages. These results may indicate a faster progression of oral health problems with age among African Americans, thus suggesting that the “earlier aging” of members of racial/ethnic minorities which has been reported in prior research may also be found in oral health.