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SUBMITTER: Salazar CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023728 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salazar Christian R CR Laniado Nadia N Mossavar-Rahmani Yasmin Y Borrell Luisa N LN Qi Qibin Q Sotres-Alvarez Daniela D Morse Douglas E DE Singer Richard H RH Kaplan Robert C RC Badner Victor V Lamster Ira B IB
Journal of clinical periodontology 20180611 7
<h4>Aim</h4>We investigated the cross-sectional association between diet quality and severe periodontitis in a sample of diverse Hispanics from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A total of 13,920 Hispanic/Latinos aged 18-74 years of different heritages underwent a full-mouth oral examination and completed two 24-hr dietary recalls during 2008-2011. Severe periodontitis was defined as having ≥30% tooth sites with clinical attachment loss ≥5 mm. Die ...[more]