Table 1.
US-born | Foreign-born | Foreign- vs. US-born | |||||
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Living in non- immigrant households |
Living in immigrant households |
P value | Arrived <2 years of age |
Arrived ≥ 2 years of age |
P value | P value | |
Number | 2495 | 714 | 97 | 244 | |||
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Mean age (years) | 11.4 | 9.2 | <0.001 | 10.1 | 14.7 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
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Mean poverty income ratio | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.002 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.09 | 0.001 |
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Ethnicity | |||||||
Hispanic | 8% | 62% | 39% | 61% | |||
Non-Hispanic Caucasian | 70% | 22% | <0.001 | 26% | 16% | 0.37 | <0.001 |
African-American | 16% | 6% | 10% | 8% | |||
Other | 6% | 10% | 25% | 14% | |||
Male Gender | 53% | 47% | 0.07 | 53% | 51% | 0.87 | 0.92 |
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Any Food Sensitization | 20% | 28% | <0.001 | 18% | 8% | 0.02 | <0.001 |
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Milk sensitization | 10% | 19% | 0.001 | 10% | 3% | 0.04 | 0.007 |
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Egg Sensitization | 6% | 9% | 0.12 | 2% | 0.1% | 0.009 | 0.001 |
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Peanut Sensitization | 10% | 10% | 0.99 | 10% | 6% | 0.32 | 0.15 |
All analyses account for survey design of the study as discussed in the methods section. Poverty income ratio is defined as ratio of household income to the poverty line. P values represent unadjusted comparisons.