Table 4.

Evaluation of origin, ancestry and migrant generation as determinants of positive skin prick test differences among Latino children with and without asthma

	Asthmatic Participants		Non-asthmatic Participants
	N	Relative number of positive skin prick tests(95%CI)*	N	Relative number of positive skin prick tests(95%CI)*
Model for number of positive skin prick tests	825		790
Region of origin
Mexico	446	1.0 (Referent)	486	1.0 (Referent)
Puerto Rico	127	1.31(1.02–1.69)	59	0.96(0.61–1.52)
Central	77	1(0.81–1.23)	91	0.96(0.69–1.32)
Caribbean	36	1.17(0.83–1.66)	55	0.94(0.58–1.54)
South	11	1.03(0.49–2.15)	19	1.55(0.98–2.47)
Mixed	128	1.27(1.03–1.56)	80	0.81(0.59–1.11)
Global ancestry proportion
African		3.13(1.63–6.01)		4.99(1.19–20.91)
Native American		1.47(0.95–2.27)		1.51(0.84–2.71)
Generation in the U.S.
First generation		1.0 (Referent)		1.0 (Referent)
Second generation		0.97(0.77–1.22)		1.21(0.94–1.55)
Third generation		1.14(0.84–1.55)		1.65(1.05–2.59)

^*Adjusted for gender, age, mother’s highest education level, first-born child status, breastfeeding, prenatal smoke, pet ownership in the first year of life, and daycare attendance.

Bold indicates significant antilog-β at α=0.05.