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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2009 Jun;46(5):517–522. doi: 10.1080/02770900802468517

Table 3.

Odds of adverse asthma outcomes among children whose parents believed they were supposed to be periodic users of inhaled corticosteroids, compared with children whose parents believed they were supposed to be daily users.

Outcome Odds ratio from logistic
regression analysis
(95% confidence interval)
Odds ratio from propensity
score analysis (95%
confidence interval)
Hospital-based event (any emergency department visit or hospitalization) 0.36 (0.18, 0.73)1 0.51 (0.26, 1.01)
Uncontrolled asthma 0.38 (0.24, 0.62)2 0.52 (0.32, 0.84)
Outpatient visit for asthma exacerbation 0.92 (0.57, 1.48)3 0.8 (0.48, 1.32)
1

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, CHSA score, parental education, insurance, expectations score, competing priorities score, provider interactions score, number of outpatient visits for asthma during the 1 year before the interview, uncontrolled asthma in the 1 year before the interview, number of ED visits or hospitalizations in the 1 year before the interview, and the following interactions: CHSA*education, CHSA*number of ED visits or hospitalizations, CHSA score* age.

2

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, CHSA score, parental education, household income, expectations score, competing priorities score, number of outpatient visits for asthma during the 1 year before the interview, uncontrolled asthma in the 1 year before the interview, number of ED visits or hospitalizations in the 1 year before the interview, and the following interactions: expectations score*race/ethnicity and CHSA score*age.

3

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, CHSA score, household income, insurance, expectations score, competing priorities score, number of outpatient visits for asthma during the 1 year before the interview, uncontrolled asthma in the 1 year before the interview, number of ED visits or hospitalizations in the 1 year before the interview, and the following interactions: CHSA score* age and CHSA score*insurance.