The relationship between selected measures of periodontal status and demographic and behavioural risk factors

• Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology Vol. 32; no. 7; pp. 798 - 808
• Main Authors: Dye, Bruce A., Selwitz, Robert H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Munksgaard International Publishers 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Attitude to Health; Dental Care - utilization; dental public health; dental research; Dentistry; Educational Status; epidemiology; Female; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; ordinal regression; periodontal disease; Periodontal Diseases - epidemiology; Periodontal Diseases - ethnology; Periodontal Index; periodontal indices; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Smoking; United States - epidemiology; United States

Objective: To assess differences between selected periodontal measures by demographic and behavioural factors in a nationally representative sample of the United States. Methods: Data for 11,347 person's ages 20–79 years from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II...