Table 5.
Gender-Specific Factors Associated with Asthma Prevalence in NHANES Multivariate Analyses. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were derived separately for males and females from adjusted survey logistic regression models with asthma as the outcome. Shown are ORs and 95% confidence intervals (CIs)
| Male Adjusted ORs (N = 6,476) |
Female Adjusted ORs (N = 6,888) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Weighted Asthma Prevalence (%) | 6.23 | 10.02 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| White | Reference | Reference |
| Black | 0.98 (0.73, 1.33) | 0.95 (0.76, 1.18) |
| Hispanic | 0.39 (0.26, 0.59)** | 0.62 (0.46, 0.83)* |
| Other | 0.80 (0.48, 1.35) | 0.77 (0.49, 1.21) |
| Education level | ||
| Less than high school | 1.04 (0.76, 1.42) | 0.86 (0.68, 1.10) |
| High school | 0.81 (0.54, 1.23) | 0.91 (0.70, 1.19) |
| Some college or more | Reference | Reference |
| Poverty income ratio | ||
| ≤ 1 | 1.70 (1.24, 2.34)* | 1.78 (1.44, 2.20)** |
| > 1 | Reference | Reference |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | ||
| Not overweight or obese | Reference | Reference |
| Overweight | 0.91 (0.64, 1.29) | 1.39 (1.06, 1.81)* |
| Grade 1 obese | 1.18 (0.85, 1.63) | 1.97 (1.54, 2.52)** |
| Grade 2 obese | 1.69 (0.99, 2.89) | 2.00 (1.47, 2.72)** |
| Grade 3 obese | 1.74 (0.87, 3.48) | 3.30 (2.19, 4.97)** |
| Smoking status | ||
| Never smoked | Reference | Reference |
| Former smoker | 1.34 (0.96, 1.87) | 1.28 (1.00, 1.63) |
| Current smoker | 1.27 (0.86, 1.89) | 1.78 (1.35, 2.33)** |
| Age | ||
| 10 Years | 1.03 (0.94, 1.12) | 0.97 (0.90, 1.04) |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001