Table I.
Distribution of lifetime reported asthma diagnosis by individual and primary caregiver characteristics among non-Hispanic White and Hispanic children within the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
| Individual characteristics | Asthmatics (n = 247) | Non-asthmatics (n = 2311) |
Crude OR (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 137 (55.5) | 1151 (49.8) | 1 |
| Female | 110 (44.5) | 1160 (50.2) | 0.83 (0.64–1.09) |
| Age (years) | |||
| ≤5 | 68 (27.5) | 869 (37.6) | 1 |
| 6–10 | 71 (28.7) | 699 (30.3) | 1.35 (0.95–1.91) |
| 11–14 | 63 (25.5) | 433 (18.7) | 1.82 (1.26–2.63) |
| ≥15 | 45 (18.2) | 310 (13.4) | 1.82 (1.21–2.73) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 65 (26.3) | 503 (21.8) | 1 |
| Hispanic | 182 (76.7) | 1808 (78.2) | 0.80 (0.57–1.14) |
| Child nativity | |||
| US born | 228 (92.3) | 2005 (86.8) | 1 |
| Foreign born | 19 (7.7) | 306 (13.2) | 0.58 (0.36–0.93) |
| Health Insurance | |||
| Insured | 197 (86.0) | 1659 (78.8) | 1.49 (1.08–2.07) |
| Partially or uninsured | 32 (14.0) | 447 (21.2) | 1 |
| Primary caregiver characteristics | |||
| Ethnicity (country of origin) | |||
| Non Hispanic White | 65 (32.3) | 503 (24.7) | 1 |
| Hispanic, Mexican origin | 82 (40.8) | 1,111 (54.6) | 0.53 (0.39–0.73) |
| Other Hispanic origin | 54 (26.9) | 420 (20.7) | 0.81 (0.54–1.22) |
| Maternal nativity | |||
| Foreign born | 130 (53.3) | 1578 (69.5) | 0.52 (0.39–0.69) |
| US born | 114 (46.7) | 692 (30.5) | 1 |
| Education (years) | |||
| < 12 | 86 (34.8) | 1152 (49.9) | 1 |
| 12 | 60 (24.3) | 389 (16.8) | 2.01 (1.41–2.88) |
| >12 | 101(40.9) | 770 (33.3) | 1.72 (1.24–2.40) |
| Public assistance | |||
| No | 210 (86.4) | 2025 (89.4) | 1 |
| Yes | 33 (13.6) | 239 (10.6) | 1.42 (0.96–2.11) |
| Current smoking status | |||
| No | 213 (87.3) | 2078 (92.0) | 1 |
| Yes | 30 (12.7) | 181 (8.0) | 1.56 (1.02–2.39) |
| Asthma history | |||
| No | 209 (84.9) | 2155 (95.4) | 1 |
| Yes | 34 (15.1) | 104 (4.6) | 3.39 (2.23–5.16) |