Table 1.
Comparison of proportions among Caucasian and First Nations children.
| Variables | Caucasians n = 2082 n (%) |
First Nations n = 351 n (%) |
p value∗ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ear infection | 1204 (57.8) | 153 (43.6) | <0.0001 |
| Tonsillitis | 624 (30.0) | 67 (19.1) | <0.0001 |
| Had operation to remove the tonsils | 194 (9.3) | 13 (3.7) | 0.001 |
| Doctor diagnosed asthma | 314 (15.1) | 61 (17.4) | 0.270 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1025 (49.2) | 165 (47.0) | 0.441 |
| Female | 1057 (50.8) | 186 (53.0) | |
| Obese | |||
| Yes | 123 (5.9) | 45 (12.8) | <0.0001 |
| No | 1959 (94.1) | 306 (87.2) | |
| Mother's highest education | |||
| <Grade 12 | 97 (4.7) | 87 (24.8) | <0.0001 |
| ≥Grade 12 | 1985 (95.3) | 264 (75.2) | |
| Child breastfed longer than three months | 835 (40.1) | 202 (57.5) | <0.0001 |
| Mother smoked during pregnancy | 414 (19.9) | 181 (51.6) | <0.0001 |
| First born | 809 (38.9) | 93 (26.5) | <0.0001 |
| Exposure to passive smoking | 260 (12.5) | 154 (43.9) | <0.0001 |
| Any respiratory allergy | 608 (29.2) | 71 (20.2) | 0.001 |
| Difficulty of accessing regular or on-going health care in past 12 months | 152 (7.3) | 17 (4.8) | 0.094 |
∗Chi-squared test statistics was reported for comparisons.