Bibliographic citations
Romero, (2022). Comparación de la presencia de caries coronal y caries radicular según el índice de masa corporal en adultos mayores de los Estados Unidos [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/667295
Romero, Comparación de la presencia de caries coronal y caries radicular según el índice de masa corporal en adultos mayores de los Estados Unidos [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/667295
@misc{renati/1293719,
title = "Comparación de la presencia de caries coronal y caries radicular según el índice de masa corporal en adultos mayores de los Estados Unidos",
author = "Romero Roman Gittel Lizette",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2022"
}
Objective: To compare the presence of coronal caries and root caries according to body mass index (BMI) in older adults in the United States. Materials and methods: Observational, descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study that evaluated 815 older adults ≥ 65 years surveyed by the National Health and Nutrition Examination (NHANES) between the years 2015-2016. According to WHO, the measurement of the body mass index variable maintains the scale: low weight, normal, overweight, and obese. The measurement of the dental caries variable (coronal and radicular) was considered and variables (sex, age, marital status, level of education and family income ratio) were also obtained through NHANES. The chi-square test was used to compare the proportion of dental caries (coronal and root) according to BMI (low weight, normal, overweight and obesity). Results: Of the total number of older adults evaluated, the prevalence of coronal caries was 19.7% and root caries with 13.3%. The comparison between coronal and root caries shows the presence of root caries prevails when presenting normal weight with 17.9%, overweight with 19.9% and obese with 16.0% compared to coronal caries, respectively. No differences were found between dental caries (coronal and root) and BMI in older adults. Conclusions: It was observed that in older adults there is a greater presence of root caries compared to coronal caries and finally, according to BMI, the Obese group prevailed with 32% compared to underweight, normal, and overweight. However, this is not statistically significant as it behaves the same between both groups.
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