Baydaa Ahmed Yas
Interactive Effect of Salivary Protein Carbonyl, Total Glutathione, pH, and Flow Rate on Root Caries Severity: A Case-Control Study
Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
obesity predictors type 2 diabetes disproportionally affect hispanic black children us compared nonhispanic white nhw children yet prevalence prediabetes children remains unestablished guidelines screening young children lacking study examined relationships demographic factors prediabetes vulnerable youth central texas crosssectional analysis baseline data 976 3rd5th graders 712 years participated tx sprouts schoolbased gardening nutrition cooking trial 16 elementary schools serving mainly children minority backgrounds lowerincome households measures collected included age sex ethnicity freereducedpriced school lunch frl status parent educational attainment questionnaires bmi height stadiometer weight tanita scale prediabetes status fasting plasma glucose fpg hba1c regressions examined crosssectional associations demographics fpg hba1c prediabetes children 47 male 67 hispanic 10 black mean age 93 years 71 received frl 50 overweightobesity 26 prediabetes prediabetes rates 28 48 times higher hispanic black children compared nhw children respectively p 0001 15 times higher children obesity versus normal bmi p 002 children parents 8thgrade education high school education high school degree 31 27 22 times higher odds prediabetes compared children college graduates respectively p 0004 analyses fpg hba1c yielded similar results findings suggest potential need earlier screening comprehensive testing guidelines prevention programs tailored toward minority children children obesity children parents low educational attainment future research explore finding larger nationally representative sample