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Childhood socioeconomic conditions and teeth in older adulthood: Evidence from SHARE wave 5

Stefan Listl, Jonathan M. Broadbent, W. Murray Thomson, Christian Stock, Jing Shen, Jimmy Steele, John Wildman, Anja Heilmann, Richard G. Watt, Georgios Tsakos, Marco Aurélio Peres, Geert J. M. G. van der Heijden, Hendrik Jürges

Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology · 2017

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Summary

OBJECTIVES: Dental diseases are the most common chronic diseases worldwide. Healthy teeth are vital for quality of life, particularly diet and nutrition. However, little information exists to inform health policymakers about potentially long-lasting influences of early-life conditions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between early-life socioeconomic conditions and number of natural teeth at age 50 and above. METHODS: Analyses were conducted on cross-sectional data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE wave 5), which includes information on 41 560 respondents aged 50 years or older from 14 European countries and Israel. Using SHARE life history information, a series of regression models (OLS, Tobit) were estimated to analyse the relation

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1111/cdoe.12332
Catalogue ID
BFmokjob7i-v2z5ne
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