TABLE 1—
Childhood Asthma Prevention Study Baseline Infant and Caregiver Characteristics for Children With Early Wheezing: Comparisons Among Racial/Ethnic and Language Groups
| European American (EA) (n = 38) | African American (AA) (n = 40) | High-Acculturated Hispanic (HA) (n = 57) | Low-Acculturated Hispanic (LA) (n = 37) | Whole Sample (N = 172) | P (Model) (Post Hoc Difference) | |
| Infant age, mo, mean (SD) | 17.0 (4.6) | 17.2 (4.6) | 16.6 (4.5) | 16.7 (5.0) | 16.8 (4.6) | .90 |
| Sex, % male | 28 (74%) | 27 (68%) | 42 (74%) | 24 (65%) | 121 (70%) | .75 |
| Caregiver relationship, % biological mother | 35 (92%) | 35 (88%) | 50 (88%) | 36 (97%) | 156 (91%) | .38 |
| Maternal age,a % <20 y | 5 (13%) | 6 (15%) | 29 (51%) | 5 (14%) | 45 (26%) | .001 |
| Marital status, % single | 20 (53%) | 27 (68%) | 31 (54%) | 8 (22%) | 86 (50%) | .001 |
| Maternal education, % <high school | 7 (18%) | 12 (30%) | 32 (56%) | 31 (84%) | 82 (48%) | .001 |
| Maternal employment, % working | 23 (61%) | 23 (58%) | 30 (53%) | 12 (32%) | 88 (51%) | .07 |
| Maternal asthma,a % with asthma | 17 (45%) | 9 (23%) | 17 (31%) | 2 (5%) | 45 (27%) | .001 |
| Birth order, % firstborn | 10 (26%) | 16 (40%) | 27 (47%) | 12 (32%) | 65 (38%) | .18 |
| No. of children, mean (SD) | 2.6 (1.6) | 2.8 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.7) | 2.7 (1.5) | .92 |
| Birthweight, g, mean (SD) | 3368 (622) | 2929 (474) | 3070 (601) | 3273 (519) | 3147 (581) | .003 EA vs AA, HA; AA vs LA |
| Prenatal smoke exposure, % exposed | 20 (53%) | 11 (28%) | 21 (37%) | 1 (3%) | 53 (31%) | .001 |
| Child immunoglobulin E, IU/mL, geometric mean (95% CI) | 16.0 (9.2, 27.9) | 15.6 (9.9, 24.4) | 12.6 (8.8, 17.9) | 17.0 (10.4, 27.8) | 14.8 (11.9, 18.5) | .76 |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
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