TABLE 2—
Adjusted Odds Ratios of Self-Reported Asthma Diagnoses, by Gender: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2004
| Lifetime Diagnosis |
Current Asthma |
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| Variable | Men (n = 59 639), AOR (95% CI) | Women (n = 45 865), AOR (95% CI) | Men (n = 59 437), AOR (95% CI) | Women (n = 46 019), AOR (95% CI) |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age | 0.98* (0.98, 0.99) | 0.98* (0.98, 0.99) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) |
| Non-Whitea | 0.95 (0.84, 1.07) | 0.93 (0.83, 1.03) | 0.85 (0.72, 1.00) | 0.91 (0.79, 1.04) |
| < high school diploma | 0.98 (0.83, 1.15) | 0.96 (0.81, 1.14) | 1.28* (1.05, 1.58) | 1.13 (0.93, 1.38) |
| Income < $25 000/y | 1.19* (1.06, 1.35) | 1.16* (1.04, 1.29) | 1.34* (1.14, 1.58) | 1.17* (1.03, 1.33) |
| Same-sex partnership status | 1.57* (1.06, 2.34) | 1.72* (1.11, 2.65) | 2.34* (1.45, 3.79) | 2.09* (1.30, 3.36) |
| Asthma-related covariates | ||||
| Overweight/obese | 1.13* (1.03, 1.25) | 1.46* (1.34, 1.59) | 1.10 (0.97, 1.26) | 1.61* (1.45, 1.79) |
| Current smoker | 1.02 (0.90, 1.15) | 1.01 (0.88, 1.15) | 1.06 (0.90, 1.25) | 1.10 (0.93, 1.30) |
| Ever smoked | 1.06 (0.96, 1.18) | 1.29* (1.14, 1.47) | 0.88 (0.77, 1.00) | 1.20* (1.02, 1.39) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
a
Non-White includes Hispanic.
*P < .05.