Table 2.

Multivariable analysis^* of vitamin D insufficiency and current asthma or current wheeze by race/ethnicity, NHANES 2001–2010

	Children (total=10,860)		Adults (total=24,115)
Outcomes	N1	Odds ratio, (95% confidence interval), P-value	N1	Odds ratio, (95% confidence interval), P-value
Current asthma
All participants	995	1.35 (1.11, 1.64), <0.01	1046	1.06 (0.93, 1.21), 0.39
Non-Hispanic whites	199	1.41 (1.12, 1.77), <0.01	621	1.07 (0.93, 1.24), 0.36
Non-Hispanic blacks	440	1.11 (0.69, 1.79), 0.68	416	1.53 (0.91, 2.58), 0.11
Mexican American/other Hispanic	308	1.35 (0.85, 2.14), 0.20	299	0.95 (0.61, 1.48), 0.83
Current wheeze
All participants	978	1.24 (1.02, 1.52), 0.03	2597	1.17 (1.04, 1.31), <0.01
Non-Hispanic whites	228	1.40 (1.11, 1.75), <0.01	1264	1.22 (1.08, 1.38), <0.01
Non-Hispanic blacks	383	0.71 (0.47, 1.06), 0.10	660	1.29 (0.91, 1.81), 0.15
Mexican American/other Hispanic	316	0.91 (0.63, 1.32), 0.61	561	1.00 (0.72, 1.38), 0.98

^*All multivariable models were adjusted for age, gender, household income, cotinine, C-reactive protein, BMI (in adults) and BMIZ (in children). The model for all participants was additionally adjusted for race/ethnicity

¹N = participants with vitamin D insufficiency and current asthma (or current wheeze). See Table 1 for the number of participants with vitamin D insufficiency but no current asthma or current wheeze.