Table 3.

Comparison of US-born children and adolescents living in immigrant households vs. US-born children and adolescents living in non- immigrant Households

	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P value
Foods
Sensitization to any food	1.53	1.05-2.24	0.03
Milk	1.74	1.06-2.86	0.03
Egg	1.42	0.69-2.91	0.31
Peanut	1.21	0.74-1.98	0.42
Other sensitizations
Dust mite	1.16	0.78-1.72	0.45
Cockroach	1.69	1.02-2.77	0.04
Cat	1.17	0.75-1.84	0.47
Dog	1.08	0.79-1.68	0.70
Alternaria	1.01	0.66-1.56	0.95
Asthma†	0.73	0.44-1.22	0.21
Hay fever†	0.23	0.05-1.02	0.053
Eczema‡	0.91	0.64-1.31	0.60

All analyses are adjusted for age, gender, poverty income ratio and ethnicity. Food sensitization is defined as at least one specific IgE to milk, egg, or peanut ≥ 0.35 kU/L. N=3209 for all analyses except for

^†3205 and

^‡3200. Bold are statistically significant.