TABLE 1.
AS, self-reported rhinitis, and tobacco smoke exposure status by participant characteristics in U.S. children 6 to 19 years of age
| Demographic factors |
AS: any (n = 1474) |
AS: inhaled (n = 1379) |
AS: food (n = 672) |
Rhinitis (n = 685) |
Smoking unexposed (n = 487) |
SHS (n = 1897) |
Active smoking (n = 330) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 55.0 | 55.4 | 58.0 | 49.5 | 50.0 | 50.8 | 57.6 |
| Female | 45.0 | 44.6 | 42.0 | 50.5 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 42.4 |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 6–11 | 38.0 | 35.6 | 41.8 | 35.6 | 43.6 | 44.7 | 0.7 |
| 12–15 | 30.7 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 30.1 | 37.0 | 32.2 | 17.3 |
| 16–19 | 31.3 | 32.6 | 26.2 | 34.3 | 19.4 | 23.1 | 82.0 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 56.6 | 56.7 | 53.3 | 65.8 | 61.4 | 60.1 | 69.5 |
| Black | 19.5 | 19.9 | 22.2 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 17.3 | 11.1 |
| Mexican | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 8.4 | 19.5 | 11.3 | 8.0 |
| Other | 11.1 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
| Education | |||||||
| <HS | 19.0 | 19.0 | 20.6 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 19.3 | 24.8 |
| HS | 25.5 | 25.4 | 23.0 | 25.3 | 13.8 | 28.0 | 33.6 |
| >HS | 55.5 | 55.6 | 56.4 | 62.5 | 73.4 | 52.7 | 41.6 |
| BMI | |||||||
| Normal | 65.3 | 65.2 | 62.9 | 69.9 | 72.6 | 65.6 | 65.0 |
| Overweight | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 14.1 |
| Obese | 18.9 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 17.1 | 14.9 | 18.5 | 20.9 |
*
Values are weighted percents. Total number of children, n = 2714.
AS = allergic sensitization; BMI = body mass index; HS = high school; SHS = second-hand smoke.