Socioeconomic Position and Oral Health in Chinese Older Adults: A Life Course Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated associations between socioeconomic position (SEP) across childhood, adulthood, and older age and number of teeth among Chinese older adults.

Methods

Data came from 15,136 participants aged 65 to 105 y in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (2018 wave). The outcome was number of teeth. Pathways and sensitive period models were tested simultaneously via structural equation modeling. Ordinal logistic regression assessed the accumulation of risk and social mobility models. Differences were examined across 4 birth cohorts.

Results

Adult and older age SEP had direct effects on number of teeth in older age (adulthood, direct β = 0.182, P < 0.001; older age, direct β = 0.093, P = 0.005), supporting the sensitive period mo

SUBMITTER: Hong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894898 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature