Table 3.
Adjusted associations of Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language and El Paso nativity with asthma and allergy.
| Diagnosed Allergy | Diagnosed Asthma | Current Asthma | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Model* | OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | |||
| Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language | |||||||||
| Hispanic, Spanish Language | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.59 |
| Hispanic, English Language | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic, English Language | 1.14 | 0.99 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.03 | 1.52 | 1.15 | 0.93 | 1.43 |
| El Paso Nativity: Duration of Child's El Paso residence | |||||||||
| Lifelong | 1.34 | 1.15 | 1.57 | 1.37 | 1.10 | 1.70 | 1.49 | 1.17 | 1.91 |
| Early Immigrant: Since before entering 1st grade | 1.31 | 1.08 | 1.59 | 1.25 | 0.94 | 1.65 | 1.31 | 0.96 | 1.79 |
| Late Immigrant: Since after entering 1st grade | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Adjusted Model** | |||||||||
| Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language | |||||||||
| Hispanic, Spanish Language | 0.80 | 0.69 | 0.93 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.96 | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.88 |
| Hispanic, English Language | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic, English Language | 0.84 | 0.68 | 1.05 | 0.85 | 0.63 | 1.15 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 1.03 |
| El Paso Nativity: Duration of Child's El Paso residence | |||||||||
| Lifelong | 1.72 | 1.32 | 2.24 | 1.75 | 1.24 | 2.46 | 2.01 | 1.37 | 2.95 |
| Early Immigrant: Since before entering 1st grade | 1.26 | 1.03 | 1.55 | 1.16 | 0.87 | 1.55 | 1.22 | 0.88 | 1.69 |
| Late Immigrant: Since after entering 1st grade | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Coded as the prevalence of ever diagnosed allergy, ever diagnosed asthma, and current asthma by Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language and duration of El Paso residence (nativity), El Paso Children's Health Study of 4th or 5th grade children: El Paso Independent School District, February 2001 (n = 6396)
* Mixed effects model with random school-specific intercepts
** Mixed effects model with random school-specific intercepts and adjusted for the fixed effects of socio-economic status (maximum parental education level, single parent), environmental tobacco smoke (parental smoker), parental history (allergy, asthma), the first-order interaction of extended stay outside El Paso within past year (> 6 weeks) with duration of El Paso residence, and the first-order interaction of Hispanic ethnicity with duration of El Paso residence