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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2011 Oct 25;48(10):1022–1031. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2011.626482

Table 6.

Generalized estimating equation results predicting whether the provider includes caregiver input into the asthma management regimen (N=296)

Independent Variables Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Child’s severity of asthma- moderate severe 0.63 (0.22, 1.80)
Years living with asthma 1.01 (0.98, 1.03)
Taking a controller medication 1.41 (0.34, 5.82)
Child age in years 0.87 (0.70, 1.09)
Caregiver age 1.00 (0.94, 1.06)
Caregiver gender- female 4.11 (0.50, 34.04)
Caregiver race- White 0.52 (0.19, 1.47)
Caregiver years of education 1.07 (0.88, 1.30)
How long you and your family have known the doctor 1.79 (1.00, 3.22)
Provider gender- female 1.02 (0.32, 3.28)
Provider race- White 0.43 (0.10, 1.79)
Provider age 0.93 (0.87, 0.99)*
Length of visit 1.00 (1.00, 1.00)
Did the child ask any asthma management questions 1.84 (0.51, 6.67)
Number of caregiver asthma management questions 1.39 (1.06, 1.81)*
*

p< 0.05