Table 3. Adjusted prevalence-odds ratios for having at least one asthma attack in the previous 12 months among a representative cross-sectional sample of adult (≥18 years-old) United States population.
All Subjects | Never Smokers | Never & Former Smokers | ||||
n = 271,348 | n = 153,820 | n = 212,537 | ||||
Acrolein Exposure Quintile [μg/m3] | pOR (95% CI) | p-Value | pOR (95% CI) | p-Value | pOR (95% CI) | p-Value |
1st: 1.4E-4 – ≤1.1E-2 | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
2nd: >1.1E-2 – ≤2.1E-2 | 1.02 (0.94, 1.12) | 0.61 | 1.07 (0.93, 1.22) | 0.35 | 1.03 (0.92, 1.15) | 0.60 |
3rd: >2.1E-2 – ≤3.4E-2 | 1.02 (0.93, 1.12) | 0.69 | 1.11 (0.97, 1.27) | 0.11 | 1.04 (0.94, 1.16) | 0.46 |
4th: >3.4E-2 – ≤5.5E-2 | 1.01 (0.92, 1.11) | 0.83 | 0.98 (0.86, 1.12) | 0.77 | 0.97 (0.87, 1.08) | 0.60 |
5th: >5.5E-2 – ≤4.6E-1 | 1.08 (0.98, 1.19) | 0.10 | 1.13 (0.98, 1.29) | 0.08 | 1.09 (0.98, 1.22) | 0.13 |
Adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, poverty income ratio (imputed five times), education, access to health care, whether a subject's residence was located in an urban or rural area, and NHIS interview year. The unstratified model for all subjects also controlled for smoking status, while the stratified models for never smokers and never & former smokers did not.