TABLE 4.
Prevalences and ORs of asthma-like symptoms for childhood factors in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children*
| Factors | Aboriginal children
|
Non-Aboriginal children
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asthma-like symptoms, % | OR (95% CI) | Asthma-like symptoms, % | OR (95% CI) | |
| Age group | ||||
| Infant and toddler | 30.0 | 3.45 (2.38–5.00) | 16.6 | 1.08 (0.63–1.82) |
| Preschool-aged | 21.5 | 1.97 (1.64–2.30) | 20.8 | 1.41 (1.09–1.73) |
| School-aged | 11.5 | 1 | 17.2 | 1 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 17.2 | 0.99 (0.73–1.34) | 17.3 | 0.80 (0.55–1.16) |
| Male | 17.1 | 1 | 18.8 | 1 |
| Childhood allergy | ||||
| Yes | 39.7 | 3.29 (1.82–5.93) | 40.9 | 3.86 (2.41–6.11) |
| No | 15.9 | 1 | 14.9 | 1 |
| Living with | ||||
| One parent | 17.0 | 0.91 (0.58–1.45) | 19.6 | 0.80 (0.48–1.34) |
| Two parents | 17.4 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 |
| Number of siblings | ||||
| 0 | 22.4 | 1.62 (0.99–2.64) | 19.2 | 1.11 (0.61–2.01) |
| 1 | 16.7 | 1.09 (0.71–1.70) | 17.1 | 0.96 (0.57–1.62) |
| ≥2 | 15.8 | 1 | 18.2 | 1 |
*
Results are from logistic regression analysis for correlated data with normalized cross-sectional weights