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. 2005 Oct 21;6(1):120. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-120

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