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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Mar 20;164(6):1403–1408.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.026

Table 3.

Unadjusted Association of the Participant Characteristics and Exposures with Pulmonary Function and FeNO (n=661).

%FEV1 %FVC %FEV1/FVC %FEF2575 FeNO*

β 95% CI β 95% CI β 95% CI β 95% CI Odds
Ratio
95% CI
Male sex 0.003 −0.014, 0.02 0.019 −0.002, 0.04 −0.004 −0.016, 0.008 −0.008 −0.051, 0.035 0.69 0.29, 1.64
Race/ethnicity
  Hispanic-Mexican Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
  Hispanic-Other Hispanic −0.073 −0.119, −0.026 −0.044 −0.078, −0.01 −0.031 −0.053, −0.008 −0.113 −0.199, −0.027 0.61 0.17, 2.17
  Non-Hispanic White 0.007 −0.017, 0.031 0.006 −0.035, 0.023 0.012 −0.007, 0.03 0.058 −0.006, 0.123 0.74 0.36, 1.52
  Non-Hispanic Black −0.008 −0.049, 0.034 −0.0004 −0.032, 0.032 −0.018 −0.036, 0.001 −0.033 −0.111, 0.046 1.96 0.92, 4.35
Poverty-income ratio
  1st quartile (< 0.83) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
  2nd quartile (0.83 to 1.59) 0.035 −0.006, 0.075 0.043 0.006, 0.079 −0.011 −0.031, 0.01 0.017 −0.057, 0.091 1.09 0.38, 3.13
  3rd quartile (1.60 to 3.09) 0.025 −0.012, 0.061 0.034 −0.003, 0.071 −0.006 −0.03, 0.018 −0.001 −0.088, 0.086 1.33 0.51, 3.57
  4th quartile (at least 3.1) 0.009 −0.032, 0.05 0.001 −0.043, 0.044 0.006 −0.018, 0.03 0.037 −0.058, 0.131 1.0 0.45, 2.22
  Missing −0.031 −0.083, 0.021 −0.013 −0.07, 0.044 −0.017 −0.044, 0.011 −0.083 −0.176, 0.011 0.48 0.08, 2.86
Parent/caregiver education
  Less than 9th grade Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
  9th–12th grade 0.010 −0.086, 0.105 0.004 −0.071, 0.078 0.005 −0.026, 0.035 0.028 −0.128, 0.185 2.70 0.68, 11.11
  High school or GED −0.017 −0.089, 0.055 −0.026 −0.098, 0.045 0.013 −0.003, 0.029 0.006 −0.088, 0.1 1.18 0.32, 4.35
  Some college −0.012 −0.0866, 0.063 −0.038 −0.109, 0.034 0.023 0.004, 0.042 0.057 −0.035, 0.149 0.47 0.09, 2.44
  College or greater −0.006 −0.075, 0.063 −0.019 −0.084, 0.046 0.015 0.001, 0.029 0.039 −0.073, 0.151 1.37 0.31, 6.25
  Missing −0.00 −0.086, 0.085 0.012 −0.08, 0.103 −0.009 −0.048, 0.03 −0.034 −0.153, 0.084 0.61 0.13, 3.03
Serum cotinine (ng/mL)
  < 0.015 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
  0.015–1.9 0.036 0.003, 0.068 0.023 −0.015, 0.061 0.012 −0.002, 0.027 0.045 −0.036, 0.125 0.64 0.20, 2.08
  ≥ 2.0 0.011 −0.029, 0.051 0.011 −0.038, 0.059 −0.0004 −0.024, 0.023 −0.021 −0.103, 0.061 0.82 0.22, 3.03
  Missing −0.006 −0.006, 0.019 −0.039 −0.081, 0.003 0.018 −0.008, 0.044 0.088 −0.11, 0.128 0.83 0.14, 4.76
Weight category
  Not overweight Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
  Overweight 0.025 −0.024, 0.074 0.038 0.003, 0.074 −0.016 −0.043, 0.01 0.007 −0.102, 0.117 1.59 0.54, 4.55
  Obese 0.019 −0.023, 0.061 0.033 0.006, 0.061 −0.017 −0.046, 0.012 −0.014 −0.14, 0.111 1.06 0.28, 4.17
Doctor Diagnosed Asthma −0.023 −0.062, 0.016 0.027 −0.004, 0.058 −0.043 −0.061, −0.025 −0.116 −0.191, −0.04 1.67 0.63, 4.55
Respiratory Illness in last week −0.023 −0.057, 0.011 −0.012 −0.054, 0.031 −0.011 −0.033, 0.011 −0.062 −0.126, 0.003 2.94 1.25, 6.67
Age (years), mean (SD) 0.0004 −0.004, 0.005 0.002 −0.003, 0.006 0.002 0, 0.003 −0.005 −0.012, 0.001 1.04 0.98, 1.12
BPA (ng/mL), geometric mean (95% CI) −0.006 −0.025, 0.013 0.004 −0.015, 0.022 −0.010 −0.018 −0.029 −0.057, −0.001 0.78 0.46, 1.3
BPA (ng/mL),
  Quartile 1 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref
  Quartile 2 0.013 −0.027, 0.054 0.018 −0.029, 0.066 −0.007 −0.033, 0.019 0.008 −0.079, 0.096 1.61 0.56, 4.59
  Quartile 3 −0.021 −0.066, 0.023 0.011 −0.037, 0.06 −0.036 −0.064, −0.009 −0.072 −0.171, 0.027 0.5 0.14, 1.73
  Quartile 4 −0.005 −0.056, 0.046 0.024 −0.03, 0.077 −0.034 −0.058, −0.010 −0.075 −0.171, 0.021 0.72 0.18, 2.92
*

This column represents the logistic regression model of being in the high FeNO category (i.e. an odds ratio over 1.0 suggests an increased odds of having high FeNO).