Open AccessSocioeconomic Disadvantage and Periodontal Disease: The Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Author(s) -
Luisa N. Borrell,
James D. Beck,
Gerardo Heiss
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.055277
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , periodontitis , medicine , demography , odds ratio , odds , logistic regression , epidemiology , confidence interval , residence , disadvantaged , gerontology , environmental health , population , dentistry , sociology , political science , law
We used data from the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to examine whether individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics were associated with periodontal disease.