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. 2012 Feb;47(1 Pt 2):431–445. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01339.x

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratio of Having a Current Asthma Diagnosis by Insurance Status and Disease Impairment

Predictor Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Insured (uninsured at each of three symptoms levels is reference category)
 With no asthma symptoms 1.91 (1.16–3.14) 2.01 (1.23–3.31)
 With intermittent asthma symptoms 3.57 (1.34–9.51) 4.08 (1.57–10.61)
 With persistent asthma symptoms 1.39 (0.81–2.40) 1.45 (0.88–2.39)
Household income as % of FPL
 0–99 Reference Reference
 100–199 0.86 (0.65–1.14) 0.77 (0.54–1.09)
 200–399 0.90 (0.67–1.20) 0.83 (0.58–1.19)
 ≥400 0.84 (0.66–1.06) 0.77 (0.54–1.08)
Race/ethnicity
 White non-Hispanic Reference Reference
 Hispanic 0.85 (0.72–1.02) 1.03 (0.79–1.35)
 Black non-Hispanic 1.70 (1.44–2.01) 1.84 (1.49–2.27)
 Other 0.81 (0.51–1.30) 1.01 (0.62–1.64)
Child age (years) 1.04 (1.03–1.06) 1.11 (1.09–1.12)
Child gender (female) 0.86 (0.73–1.01) 0.98 (0.81–1.18)
Survey wave
 2003–2004 Reference Reference
 2005–2006 1.20 (1.01–1.42) 1.29 (1.02–1.63)
 2007–2008 1.14 (0.96–1.37) 1.28 (0.96–1.69)

Note. CI, confidence interval; FPL, federal poverty level.