Latino Acculturation and Periodontitis Status Among Mexican-Origin Adults in the United States: NHANES 2009-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
Eng
Publication Date
6-2017
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Source Publication
Family and Community Health
Source ISSN
0160-6379
Abstract
This study examined the association between Latino acculturation indicators (language and citizenship/nativity status) and periodontitis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2012. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed and all analyses were adjusted for the complex survey design. Results showed that 63.2% of participants had periodontitis: 9.4% mild, 37.9% moderate, and 16% severe. Language was significantly associated with periodontitis after adjusting for age, educational level, gender, usual source of care, flossing, smoking, and glycohemoglobin level (P = .02). Dental public and private health efforts should implement culturally tailored oral health promotion education efforts for this population.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Dina; Tarima, Sergey; Glasman, Laura; Cassidy, Laura D.; Meurer, John R.; and Okunseri, Christopher, "Latino Acculturation and Periodontitis Status Among Mexican-Origin Adults in the United States: NHANES 2009-2012" (2017). School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications. 312.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/dentistry_fac/312
Comments
"Latino Acculturation and Periodontitis Status Among Mexican-Origin Adults in the United States: NHANES 2009-2012," in Family and Community Health, Vol. 40, No. 2 (April/June 2017): 112-120. DOI. © 2017 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.