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. 2013 Sep;23:171–178. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.07.004

Table 3.

Association between neighbourhood air pollution and deprivation measures with ethnic differences in asthma.

White UKa Black Caribbean Nigerian and Ghanaian Other African Indian Pakistani and Bangladeshi Mixed White/Black Caribbean
% (95%CI) Odds Ratios compared to White (95%CI)
Baseline 39.9 (36.9, 43.0) 1.00 (0.83, 1.20) 0.69 (0.55, 0.85) 0.62 (0.49, 0.80) 0.61 (0.48, 0.77) 0.76 (0.61, 0.95) 1.22 (0.94, 1.59)



Baseline+PM2.5 (quartiles) 40.4 (37.4, 43.6) 0.97 (0.80, 1.17) 0.66 (0.53, 0.82) 0.60 (0.47, 0.77) 0.60 (0.47, 0.75) 0.73 (0.58, 0.92) 1.19 (0.91, 1.55)
+ N’hood Deprivation 40.3 (37.2, 43.4) 0.98 (0.81, 1.18) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) 0.61 (0.48, 0.78) 0.60 (0.47, 0.76) 0.74 (0.59, 0.93) 1.20 (0.92, 1.56)
+ Individual and family characteristics 37.9 (34.8, 41.2) 1.05 (0.86, 1.28) 0.78 (0.62, 0.99) 0.78 (0.60, 1.02) 0.69 (0.54, 0.88) 0.81 (0.64, 1.02) 1.16 (0.89, 1.52)



Baseline+PM10 (quartiles) 40.5 (37.4, 43.6) 0.97 (0.80, 1.17) 0.66 (0.53, 0.82) 0.60 (0.47, 0.77) 0.59 (0.47, 0.75) 0.73 (0.58, 0.91) 1.19 (0.91, 1.55)
+ N’hood Deprivation 40.4 (37.3, 43.5) 0.97 (0.81, 1.18) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) 0.61 (0.48, 0.78) 0.60 (0.47, 0.75) 0.73 (0.58, 0.92) 1.20 (0.92, 1.56)
+ Individual and family characteristics 38.1 (34.9, 41.3) 1.05 (0.86, 1.27) 0.78 (0.62, 0.99) 0.78 (0.60, 1.01) 0.68 (0.54, 0.87) 0.80 (0.63, 1.01) 1.16 (0.89, 1.52)

Baseline: ethnicity, sex, age.

Individual and family characteristics: migrant generational status, tobacco exposure (self and parental), socioeconomic status (standard of living, parental employment, household overcrowding), family history of asthma (parental and grandparental), BMI, family type; PM2.5: particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 µm, PM10: particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 µm.

P<0.05 (compared to White); 95%CI=95% Confidence Interval.

a

Reference group.