Table 2.
Logistic regression models for relationship between ethnicity, immigrant status and risk of new/first consultation for asthma episodes
| Odds ratios for new/first consultation for asthma | ||||
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Whites | 1 | 1 | ||
| South Asians | 1.21 | 1.04 to 1.41 | 1.33 | 1.06 to 1.67 |
| Afro-Caribbeans | 1.44 | 1.17 to 1.78 | 1.04 | 0.73 to 1.48 |
| Others | 1.64 | 1.30 to 2.07 | 1.12 | 0.68 to 1.83 |
| Immigrant status | ||||
| Born outside UK | 0.75 | 0.67 to 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.82 to 1.06 |
| Ethnicity and immigrant status | ||||
| White, UK-born | 1 | 1 | ||
| White, non-UK born | 0.71 | 0.62 to 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.69 to 0.97 |
| South Asian, UK-born | 1.71 | 1.39 to 2.10 | 1.48 | 0.81 to 2.70 |
| South Asian, non-UK born | 0.89 | 0.71 to 1.11 | 1.33 | 1.04 to 1.70 |
| Afro-Caribbean, UK-born | 1.94 | 1.52 to 2.46 | 1.30 | 0.79 to 2.13 |
| Afro-Caribbean, non-UK born | 0.78 | 0.51 to 1.19 | 0.96 | 0.57 to 1.60 |
| Other, UK-born | 2.27 | 1.72 to 2.99 | 1.47 | 0.65 to 3.37 |
| Other, non-UK born | 0.95 | 0.61 to 1.46 | 0.80 | 0.40 to 1.61 |
*Adjusted for age, sex, social class, house ownership, urban and smoking status