Fostering ChangeBy,

Eugene Uche

Social Factor Economic Factors Environmental Factors

Sex Age Ethnicity Region

n

Prevalence of

Current Asthma

(%)

Unadjusted Odds

Ratio OR

p ValueAdjusted

Odds Ratio OR

p Value

Sex, male  8,736 5.1 1.5 < 0.001 1.4 0.002

Age, yr

  0-5  6,209 3.2 0.7 0.001 1.6 0.02

  6-11  5,092 5.1 1.1 0.24 1.3 0.01

  12-17 (referent)

 5,809 4.5 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00

Race

  Black  2,924 5.1 1.3 0.04 0.9 0.38

  Other  1,178 3.9 0.9 0.76 1.1 0.74

  White (referent)

13,008 4.1 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00

Hispanic  2,038 3.4 0.8 0.049 0.9 0.77

Region

  Midwest  4,522 4.2 0.9 0.54 0.8 0.13

  South  5,941 4.1 0.9 0.31 0.8 0.04

  West  3,424 4.3 0.9 0.60 0.9 0.47

  Northeast (referent)

 3,223 4.6 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00

Urban (MSA-Central City)

 5,388 5.0 1.3 0.01 1.4 0.01

Poverty status, %

   100  2,474 4.7 1.1 0.24 1.0 0.99

  101-150  1,591 4.0 0.9 0.76 0.9 0.80

  > 150 (referent)

13,045 4.2 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00

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