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Predictors of self‐reported oral health in the Black Women's Health Study
Author(s) -
Cozier Yvette C.,
Heaton Brenda,
Bethea Traci N.,
Freudenheim Jo L.,
Garcia Raul I.,
Rosenberg Lynn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/jphd.12351
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , cohort , oral health , descriptive statistics , odds , demography , cohort study , obesity , gerontology , family medicine , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Objectives To describe the self‐reported oral health of participants in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), a national cohort of 59,000 Black women, and to assess factors associated with this self‐report. Methods Annual follow‐up of the BWHS cohort occurs via surveys. The 2011 questionnaire included oral health self‐report items, on which 38,573 respondents had complete data. Sample characteristics were summarized using descriptive statistics. We assessed correlations with several covariates by estimating odds ratios using multivariable‐adjusted logistic regression models. Results Those who reported fair or poor oral health were more likely to report current smoking, recent tooth loss, diabetes or hypertension diagnoses, lower education levels, obesity, and higher parity. Few factors were related to self‐reported gum disease with bone loss. Conclusions The oral health of US Black women is poorly understood. Correlates of oral health in the BWHS are largely consistent with what has been observed in other populations.