TABLE 2—

Childhood Asthma Prevention Study Baseline Environmental Exposures for Children With Early Wheezing: Comparisons Among Racial/Ethnic and Language Groups

	European American (EA)	African American (AA)	High-Acculturated Hispanic (HA)	Low-Acculturated Hispanic (LA)	P (Model) (Post Hoc Differences)
Tobacco smoke: cotinine ng/mg creatinine, geometric mean (95% CI)	10.1 (5.1, 20.1)	26.1 (12.9, 52.7)	18.9 (10.9, 32.6)	2.2 (1.4, 3.4)	< .001 LA vs EA, AA, HA; EA vs AA
Cat: Fel d 1, ng/g, geometric mean (95% CI)	1921 (728, 5070)	361 (159, 819)	565 (306, 1043)	120 (57, 254)	< .001 EA vs AA, HA, LA; HA vs LA
Cockroach: Bla g 1, U/g, geometric mean (95% CI)	1.2 (1.2, 1.3)	1.4 (1.2, 1.6)	1.6 (1.3, 2.0)	1.7 (1.3, 2.4)	.09
Mental health, mean (SD)	3.7 (0.7)	3.7 (0.6)	3.6 (0.5)	3.8 (0.5)	.43
Cognitive score, mean (SD)	91.5 (10.7)	84.4 (11.6)	82.5 (9.3)	76.8 (7.4)	< .001 EA vs AA, HA, LA; LA vs AA, HA
HOME Inventory, mean (SD)	37.2 (4.6)	36.2 (6.5)	36.8 (4.2)	36.5 (4.3)	.82
Life events, mean (SD)	5.0 (2.4)	4.4 (2.1)	4.4 (2.5)	2.6 (2.3)	< .001 LA vs EA, AA, HA

Note. CI = confidence interval; HOME = Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment.