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ArticleJDR clinical and translational research2017

Bayesian Analysis of the Association between Family-Level Factors and Siblings' Dental Caries.

A Wen, R J Weyant, D W McNeil, R J Crout, K Neiswanger, M L Marazita, B Foxman

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Article in JDR clinical and translational research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The Impact of Sibling Behavior on Oral Health: A Narrative Review.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

A WenDepartment of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA.
R J WeyantDepartments of Dental Public Health and Information Management, and Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
D W McNeilCenter for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
R J CroutCenter for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
K NeiswangerCenter for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
M L MarazitaCenter for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
B FoxmanCenter for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
West Virginia University · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Northern Iowa · US

Funding

Psychosocial Influences on Rural Children's Oral HealthR01DE014899 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FOXMAN, BETSY, MARAZITA, MARY L. · 2002 to 2020
$39.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE014899
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a Bayesian analysis of the association between family-level socioeconomic status and smoking and the prevalence of dental caries among siblings (children from infant to 14 y) among children living in rural and urban Northern Appalachia using data from the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA). The observed proportion of siblings sharing caries was significantly different from predicted assuming siblings' caries status was independent. Using a Bayesian hierarchical model, we found the inclusion of a household factor significantly improved the goodness of fit. Other findings showed an inverse association between parental education and siblings' caries and a positive association between households with smokers and siblings' caries. Our study strengthens existing evidence suggesting that increased parental education and decreased parental cigarette smoking are associated with reduced childhood caries in the household. Our results also demonstrate the value of a Bayesian approach, which allows us to include household as a random effect, thereby providing more accurate estimates than obtained using generalized linear mixed models.

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Appalachiachilddecay probabilityfamily characteristicsoral healthsmoking

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PMID28871287
PMCPMC5576057
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