Effect of Nutritional Habits on Dental Caries in Permanent Dentition among Schoolchildren Aged 10-12 Years: A Zero-Inflated Generalized Poisson Regression Model Approach

Effect of Nutritional Habits on Dental Caries in Permanent Dentition among Schoolchildren Aged 10-12 Years: A Zero-Inflated Generalized Poisson Regression Model Approach

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the associations between nutrition and dental caries in permanent dentition among schoolchildren. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken on 698 schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 yr from a random sample of primary schools in Kermanshah, western I...

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Main Authors: Afshin ALMASI, Abbas RAHIMIFOROUSHANI, Mohammad Reza ESHRAGHIAN, Kazem MOHAMMAD, Yahya PASDAR, Mohammad Javad TAR­RAHI, Abbas MOGHIMBEIGI, Touraj AHMADI JOUYBARI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Nutritional habits
Dental caries
Zero Inflated Generalized Poisson regression model
Schoolchildren
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/6268

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