The implications of socioeconomic factors on salivary bioscience methodological variables in a large pediatric multi-site study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Salivary bioscience has found increased utilization within pediatric research, given the non-invasive nature of self-collecting saliva for measuring biological markers. With this growth in pediatric utility, more understanding is needed of how social-contextual factors, such as socioeconomic factors or status (SES), influence salivary bioscience in large multi-site studies. Socioeconomic factors have been shown to influence non-salivary analyte levels across childhood and adolescent development. However, less is understood about relationships between these socioeconomic factors and salivary collection methodological variables (e.g., time of saliva collection from waking, time of day of saliva collection, physical activity prior to saliva collection, and caffeine intake

SUBMITTER: Mariko H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327643 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature