TABLE 6.
Factors associated with asthma-like symptoms in the multivariate logistic regression analysis in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children*
| Factors | Aboriginal children
|
Non-Aboriginal children
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Age group | ||||
| Infant and toddler | 3.72 (2.51–5.52) | <0.0001 | 1.15 (0.64–2.06) | 0.64 |
| Preschool-aged | 1.93 (1.34–2.77) | 0.0004 | 1.41 (0.96–2.09) | 0.08 |
| School-aged | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 0.91 (0.65–1.26) | 0.57 | 0.86 (0.58–1.27) | 0.44 |
| Male | 1 | 1 | ||
| Childhood allergy | ||||
| Yes | 2.91 (1.55–5.49) | 0.0009 | 3.77 (2.30–6.19) | <0.0001 |
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mother’s smoking habit | ||||
| Daily | 1.88 (1.18–3.01) | 0.008 | 1.66 (1.05–2.63) | 0.03 |
| Occasionally | 1.58 (0.86–2.90) | 0.14 | 1.17 (0.38–3.64) | 0.79 |
| None | 1 | 1 | ||
*
Results from logistic regression analysis for correlated data with normalized cross-sectional weights