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. 2015 Jun;105(6):1269–1275. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302172

TABLE 3—

Heterogeneity in Lifetime and Current Asthma Prevalence by Ethnic Majority Zones for the Hispanic Subsample: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 1999–2011

Asthma Lifetime Prevalence
Asthma Current Prevalence
Zone Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Other states (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Zone 1 0.86 (0.72, 1.01) 0.86 (0.74, 1.005) 0.84 (0.7, 1.009) 0.83* (0.7, 0.99)
Zone 2 1.55* (1.24, 1.93) 1.55* (1.27, 1.59) 1.61* (1.26, 2.05) 1.59* (1.26, 2.02)
Zone 3 0.99 (0.62, 1.58) 0.98 (0.64, 1.51) 0.84 (0.50, 1.40) 0.83 (0.50, 1.36)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Unadjusted models control for age, gender, and survey year. Adjusted models control for age, gender, survey year, and socioeconomic status. Zone 1: Mexican majority zone (including majority Mexican, Guatemalan, Salvadorian, and other Hispanics population). Zone 2: Puerto Rican majority zone (majority Puerto Rican and Dominican Republican populations). Zone 3: Cuban majority states (Florida). Baseline = Hispanics in other states. The sample size was n = 249 223.

*P = <.05.