Diet quality and dental caries in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Fermentable carbohydrate is universally recognized as the major dietary risk factor for dental caries. We assessed the broader relationship between diet quality and dental caries in a diverse Latinx adult population.

Methods

In a cross-sectional probability sample, 14,517 dentate men and women in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) received a dental examination and completed two 24-hours dietary recalls and a food propensity questionnaire. The 2010 Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) assessed diet quality and the National Cancer Institute method predicted usual intake of the 11 dietary components that comprise the AHEI. Dental caries experience was quantified using the decayed, missing and filled surfaces (DMFS) index. Covariates in

SUBMITTER: Sanders A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature