The mouth of America: the oral microbiome profile of the US population.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The oral microbiome is increasingly recognized to play key roles in human health and disease; yet, population-representative characterizations are lacking.

Objective

Characterize the composition, diversity, and correlates of the oral microbiome among US adults.

Design

Cross-sectional population-representative survey.

Setting

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2009-2012), a stratified multistage probability sample of the US population.

Participants

NHANES participants aged 18-69 years (n=8,237, representing 202,314,000 individuals).

Exposures

Demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, anthropometric, metabolic, and clinical characteristics.

Main outcomes

Oral microbiome, characterized through 16S rRNA seque

SUBMITTER: Chaturvedi AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11643230 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature