Analysis of Race and Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, and Tooth Decay Among US Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While large oral health disparities remain by race and ethnicity among children, the associations of race, ethnicity, and mediating factors with oral health outcomes are poorly characterized. Identifying the pathways that explain these disparities would be critical to inform policies to effectively reduce them.

Objective

To measure racial and ethnic disparities in the risk of developing tooth decay and quantify relative contributions of factors mediating the observed disparities among US children.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records of US children from 2014 to 2020 to measure racial and ethnic disparities in the risk of tooth decay. Elastic net regularization was used to select variables to be inc

SUBMITTER: Choi SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273024 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature