Nicole K Reeder, Jennifer C Reneker
Food insecurity is associated with metabolic syndrome among US adults: NHANES 2005-2016
Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.)
objective present research quantify association dental caries selfreport socioeconomic indicators mexican children ecological study included selfreport dental caries schoolchildren enrolled public elementary middle schools derived national school health survey total 73560 schoolchildren representing 19745366 students aged 5 16 years included socioeconomic variables included scales depicting physical characteristics housing purchasing power etc used national surveys mexico measure deprivation poverty income inequality official data data analyzed stata using spearmans correlation test part association p 005 found caries selfreport socioeconomic variables gini index however caries selfreport elementary schoolchildren total elementary middleschool schoolchildren groups positively correlated p 005 two poverty variables extreme poverty income value personal food purchases per month poverty income value personal food nonfood purchases per month national data dental caries selfreport associatedat ecological levelwith socioeconomic indicators usual customary indicators used national surveys mexico