Marisa M Tsai, Edward A Frongillo, Lorrene D Ritchie, Gail Woodward-Lopez, Lauren E Au
Factor Analysis Reduces Complex Measures of Nutrition Environments in US Elementary and Middle Schools into Cohesive Dimensions in the Healthy Communities Study
The Journal of nutrition
evaluate antineoplastic therapy risk factor dental caries lesions independent risk factors income family education stimulated salivary flow rate hygiene habits frequency sugar intake microbiota childhood cancer cc patients 72 individuals divided cc patients n36 healthy individuals control group ct n36 demographic data hygiene habits frequency sugar intake cc type collected stimulated salivary flow rate measured presence concentration streptococcus mutans assessed using realtime polymerase chain reaction qpcr technique clinical evaluations included plaque index pi decayedmissingfilledteeth index dmftdmft descriptive statistics ttest mannwhitney test chisquare test fishers exact test twoway analysis variance used data analysis p005 time oral evaluation groups exhibited similar ages means 12039 years old cc 12040 years old ct patients cc patients underwent chemotherapy nine also undergoing radiotherapy significant differences observed groups terms colorrace income family education hygiene habits however statistically significant differences found groups regarding frequency sugar intake stimulated salivary flow rate concentration streptococcus mutans qpcr technique clinical parameters dmf cc180 ct 075 decayed cc 088 ct 019 missing cc 025 ct0 pi cc 305 ct 226 higher cc group p005 childhood cancer cc patients undergoing antineoplastic therapy exhibit higher prevalence dental caries regardless incomeeducation frequency sugar intake stimulated salivary flow rate microbiota