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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Nov 9;129(1):169–75.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.10.002

Table 1.

Demographic Features of US-born children and adolescents.

US-born Foreign-born Foreign- vs. US-born

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

Mean age (years) 11.4 9.2 <0.001 10.1 14.7 <0.001 <0.001

Mean poverty income ratio 2.7 2.1 0.002 2.5 1.7 0.09 0.001

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

Any Food Sensitization 20% 28% <0.001 18% 8% 0.02 <0.001

Milk sensitization 10% 19% 0.001 10% 3% 0.04 0.007

Egg Sensitization 6% 9% 0.12 2% 0.1% 0.009 0.001

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.