Browsing by Author "Martínez-Mier, E. Angeles"

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Dietary Fluoride Intake Over the Course of Pregnancy in Mexican Women
    (Cambridge, 2021-06) Castiblanco-Rubio, Gina A.; Muñoz-Rocha, Teresa V.; Cantoral, Alejandra; Téllez-Rojo, Martha M.; Ettinger, Adrienne S.; Téllez-Rojo, Adriana; Peterson, Karen E.; Hu, Howard; Martínez-Mier, E. Angeles; Cariology, Operative Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry
    Objective: To estimate dietary fluoride intake (F) over the course of pregnancy and the overall adjusted difference in dietary F intake by pregnancy stages and levels of compliance with dietary recommendations. Design: Secondary data analysis from a longitudinal pregnancy cohort study in a population exposed to fluoridated salt. Women were followed during the early, middle and late stages of their pregnancy (n 568). The dietary intake of recommended prenatal nutrients according to Mexican dietary guidelines and F intake (mg/d) was estimated with a validated FFQ. Data were summarised with descriptive statistics. Levels of F intake were compared with the USA’s Institute of Medicine adequate intake (AI) of 3 mg/d for pregnancy. Adjusted differences in F intake by pregnancy stages and levels of compliance with recommendations were estimated using random effects models. Setting: Mexico City. Participants: Women participating in the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) project, from 2001 to 2003. Results: Median dietary F intake throughout pregnancy ranged from 0·64 (interquartile range (IQR) 0·38) in the early to 0·70 (IQR 0·42) in the middle, and 0·72 (IQR 0·44) mg/d in the late stage (0·01 mg F/kg per d). Corresponding adjusted intakes of F were 0·72 (95 % CI 0·70, 0·74), 0·76 (95 % CI 0·74, 0·77) and 0·80 (95 % CI 0·78, 0·82) mg/d. Women who were moderately and highly compliant with Mexican dietary recommendations ingested, on average, 0·04 and 0·14 mg F/d more than non-compliant women (P < 0·005). Conclusions: Dietary F intake was below current AI, was greater with the progression of pregnancy and in women who were moderately and highly compliant with dietary recommendations.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Midwestern Latino caregivers’ knowledge, attitudes and sense making of the oral health etiology, prevention and barriers that inhibit their children’s oral health: a CBPR approach
    (BioMed Central, 2017) Walker, Kimberly K.; Martínez-Mier, E. Angeles; Soto-Rojas, Armando E.; Jackson, Richard D.; Stelzner, Sarah M.; Galvez, Lorena C.; Smith, Gabriela J.; Acevedo, Miriam; Dandelet, Laura; Vega, Dulce; Department of Cariology and Opperative Dentistry, IU School of Dentistry
    Using community-based participatory research, the Health Protection Model was used to understand the cultural experiences, attitudes, knowledge and behaviors surrounding caries etiology, its prevention and barriers to accessing oral health care for children of Latino parents residing in Central Indiana.