TABLE 3—

Adjusted Odds Ratios of Self-reported Asthma Diagnoses, by Gender and Partnership Status: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2004

	Lifetime Diagnosis		Current Asthma
Variable	Same-Sex Partnered, No. or AOR (95% CI)	Opposite-Sex Partnered, No. or AOR (95% CI)	Same-Sex Partnered, No. or AOR (95% CI)	Opposite-Sex Partnered, No. or AOR (95% CI)
Men
Sample size	592	60 123	589	59 911
Demographic characteristics
Age	0.98 (0.94, 1.02)	0.98* (0.98, 0.99)	0.98 (0.94, 1.03)	1.00 (0.99, 1.00)
Non-Whitea	2.26 (0.91, 5.61)	0.94 (0.83, 1.05)	2.46 (0.89, 6.86)	0.83* (0.70, 0.98)
< high school diploma	0.50 (0.13, 1.99)	0.98 (0.83, 1.15)	0.43 (0.08, 2.29)	1.29* (1.05, 1.59)
Income < $25 000/y	0.85 (0.32, 2.25)	1.20* (1.06, 1.35)	0.58 (0.19, 1.77)	1.36* (1.16, 1.61)
Asthma-related covariates
Overweight/obese	1.18 (0.54, 2.55)	1.13* (1.03, 1.25)	1.09 (0.49, 2.59)	1.10 (0.97, 1.26)
Current smoker	1.01 (0.33, 3.14)	1.02 (0.90, 1.16)	1.68 (0.48, 5.85)	1.05 (0.89, 1.25)
Ever smoked	1.22 (0.41, 3.68)	1.06 (0.95, 1.17)	0.61 (0.18, 1.99)	0.88 (0.77, 1.01)
Women
Sample size	395	46 235	392	46 079
Demographic characteristics
Age	0.96 (0.91, 1.03)	0.98* (0.98, 0.99)	0.94* (0.89, 0.99)	0.99 (0.98, 1.00)
Non-Whitea	1.60 (0.72, 3.53)	0.92 (0.83, 1.03)	2.31 (0.96, 5.58)	0.90 (0.78, 1.03)
< high school diploma	4.15 (0.68, 25.35)	0.95 (0.80, 1.13)	4.91 (0.90, 26.79)	1.11 (0.91, 1.35)
Income < $25 000/y	0.93 (0.39, 2.22)	1.17* (1.05, 1.30)	0.93 (0.34, 2.55)	1.18* (1.04, 1.34)
Asthma-related covariates
Overweight/obese	3.06* (1.22, 7.70)	1.45* (1.33, 1.58)	7.13* (2.18, 23.31)	1.59* (1.43, 1.77)
Current smoker	0.49 (0.17, 1.42)	1.02 (0.88, 1.17)	0.40 (0.12, 1.36)	1.12 (0.94, 1.32)
Ever smoked	0.99 (0.35, 2.83)	1.29* (1.14, 1.47)	1.00 (0.30, 3.30)	1.19* (1.02, 1.39)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^aNon-White includes Hispanic.

*P < .05.