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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2010 Apr;47(3):281–289. doi: 10.3109/02770901003605324

Table 4.

Crude and adjusted risk differences (RD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations of neighborhood factors and poorer parent-reported child respiratory health

Child Respiratory Health Outcome* by Neighborhood Exposure Level** Excess Number of Persons per 100 at Risk of Unfavorable Outcome
Crude RD (95% CI) Adjusted RD (95% CI)
  COLLECTIVE EFFICACY
Waking at night
middle vs. high 12.3 (−0.9, 25.5) 8.1 (−5.0, 21.1)***
low vs. high 21.3 (6.9, 35.7) 16.7 (2.8, 30.6)***
Exercise intolerance
middle vs. high 4.9 (−8.3, 18.1) 3.9 (−9.2, 17.1)
low vs. high 3.7 (−10.6, 18.0) 1.1 (−12.9, 15.1)
School absences
middle vs. high 1.2 (−8.4, 10.9) −0.4 (−11.1, 8.0)††
low vs. high −3.3 (−13.1, 6.5) −5.0 (−17.6, 6.5)††
Rescue medication use
middle vs. high −6.0 (−24.3, 12.4) −9.8 (−27.9, 8.3)†††
low vs. high −8.4 (−27.6, 10.7) −15.7 (−36.1, 4.8)†††
Unplanned medical visits
middle vs. high −4.9 (−17.1, 7.3) −4.7 (−16.6, 7.2)#
low vs. high −1.0 (−14.5, 12.4) −3.0 (−16.3, 10.3)#
Controllability
middle vs. high 4.6 (−6.1, 15.2) 4.8 (−5.7, 15.5)##
low vs. high 4.0 (−7.6, 15.6) 7.5 (−4.0, 19.0)##
  PHYSICAL/SOCIAL ORDER
Waking at night
middle vs. high 12.9 (0.4, 25.3) 11.4 (−0.5, 23.3)###
low vs. high 23.1 (8.9, 37.4) 22.2 (8.6, 35.8) ###
Exercise intolerance
middle vs. high 11.5 (−0.6, 23.5) 11.6 (−0.3, 23.6)@
low vs. high 14.4 (0.5, 28.3) 15.8 (2.1, 29.5)@
School absences
middle vs. high 0.5 (−8.3, 9.2) −2.7 (−13.0, 7.7)@@
low vs. high −1.3 (−10.8, 8.2) −1.5 (−10.9, 7.9)@@
Rescue medication use
middle vs. high 5.2 (−10.1, 20.5) 5.0 (−11.3, 21.2)@@@
low vs. high 11.5 (−8.0, 31.0) 13.9 (−7.3, 35.2)@@@
Unplanned medical visits
middle vs. high 1.4 (−9.5, 12.4) −0.8 (−12.5, 10.8)^
low vs. high 6.3 (−6.6, 19.2) 4.5 (−8.5, 17.5)^
Controllability
middle vs. high 7.9 (−2.2, 18.0) 12.0 (1.8, 22.3)^^
low vs. high 4.6 (−6.6, 15.8) 8.1 (−3.2, 19.4)^^
*

Child respiratory outcomes were number of days in previous 2 weeks recoded as any versus none (referent) except for unplanned medical visits (6 months) and controllability (not at all/somewhat vs. quite or extremely controllable (referent); no reference time period specified); rescue medication use includes 158 diagnosed asthmatics only

**

3-level neighborhood exposures yielded 2 RDs; high (most favorable) level= referent

***

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent education, and parent marital status

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent marital status, parent nativity, and parent age

††

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent education, parent marital status, parent nativity, and parent age

†††

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent marital status, parent nativity, and parent age

#

Adjusted for parent nativity

##

Adjusted for parent education, parent marital status, parent nativity, and parent age

###

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent education, and parent marital status

@

Adjusted for parent marital status

@@

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent education, parent marital status, and parent nativity

@@@

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent education, parent marital status, parent nativity and parent age

^

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity and parent nativity

^^

Adjusted for child race/ethnicity, parent marital status, parent nativity and parent age