Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics for 6–8-year-old ethnic minority NYC children (all children (n = 504), asthmatics (n = 120) and non-asthmatics (n = 384))
| Characteristic (Total N) | N (%) | Asthmatics | Non-Asthmatics | p valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPAS 1+ and physician asthma (N = 504) | 120 (23.8%) | |||
| Ever wheeze (N = 503) | 100 (83.3%) | 42 (11.0%) | <0.001 | |
| Persistent cough (N = 504) | 70 (58.3%) | 41 (10.7%) | <0.001 | |
| Night time cough (N = 504) | 79 (65.8%) | 74 (19.3%) | <0.001 | |
| Symptoms temp change (N = 503) | 74 (62.2%) | 46 (12.0%) | <0.001 | |
| Gender (N = 504) | ||||
| Female | 399 (79.2%) | 91 (75.8%) | 308 (80.2%) | 0.303 |
| Male | 105 (20.8%) | 29 (24.2%) | 76 (19.8%) | |
| Age (N = 504) | ||||
| 6 years | 194 (38.5%) | 51 (42.5%) | 143 (37.2%) | 0.460 |
| 7 years | 159 (31.5%) | 38 (31.7%) | 121 (31.5%) | |
| 8 years | 151 (30.0%) | 31 (25.8%) | 120 (31.3%) | |
| Ethnicitya (N = 486) | ||||
| Mexican | 143 (29.4%) | 16 (14.2%) | 127 (34.0%) | <0.001 |
| Dominican | 41 (8.4%) | 7 (6.2%) | 34 (9.1%) | |
| Puerto Rican | 100 (20.6%) | 38(33.6%) | 62 (16.6%) | |
| Other/Mixed Hisp | 68 (14.0%) | 18 (15.9%) | 50 (13.4%) | |
| Non-Hisp Black | 134 (27.6%) | 34 (30.1%) | 100 (26.8%) | |
| Parental education (N = 494) | ||||
| Less than high school | 178 (36.0%) | 41 (35.0%) | 137 (36.3%) | 0.826 |
| High school grad or GED | 122 (24.7%) | 26 (22.2%) | 96 (25.5%) | |
| Some college | 135 (27.3%) | 35 (29.9%) | 100 (26.5%) | |
| College grad or higher | 59 (11.9%) | 15 (12.8%) | 44 (11.7%) | |
| BMI percentile category (N = 503) | ||||
| Under/normal weight (<85th%ile) | 292 (58.1%) | 60 (50.0%) | 232 (60.6%) | 0.114 |
| Overweight (85th to <95th%ile) | 78 (15.5%) | 21 (17.5%) | 57 (14.9%) | |
| Obese (≥95th%ile) | 133 (26.4%) | 39 (32.5%) | 94 (24.5%) | |
| Ever breastfed (N = 501) | ||||
| Yes | 351 (70.1%) | 72 (60.5%) | 279 (73.0%) | 0.009 |
| No | 150 (29.9%) | 47 (39.5%) | 103 (27.0%) | |
| Smokers in home (N = 504) | ||||
| 0 | 327 (64.9%) | 66 (55.0%) | 261 (68.0%) | 0.009 |
| 1 | 125 (24.8%) | 34 (28.3%) | 91 (23.7%) | |
| 2+ | 52 (10.3%) | 20 (16.7%) | 32 (8.3%) | |
aOnly reported for children with full Hispanic/Latino ancestry information available for child’s mother and father
bChi-squared test of proportions in asthmatics and non-asthmatics