Table 2.
Univariate analysis within persistent and transient asthma groups.
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| Variable | Prevalence (%) | OR | Low | High | P-value | Prevalence (%) | OR | Low | High | P-value | |
| BMI Trajectory Group | 1 (Stable BMI) | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 (Decreasing BMI) | 2 | 0.28 | 0.172 | 1.944 | 0.37 | 13 | 1.08 | 0.53 | 2.23 | 0.82 | |
| 3 (Increasing BMI) | 3 | 1.06 | 0.552 | 2.022 | 0.87 | 14 | 1.18 | 0.86 | 1.61 | 0.32 | |
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| Sex of Child | Female | 2 | 0.51 | 0.296 | 0.88 | 0.0157 | 11 | 0.73 | 0.54 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Male | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | |||||||
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| PMK Daily Smoking | Current Smoker | 2 | 0.835 | 0.437 | 1.596 | 0.58 | 17 | 1.61 | 1.18 | 2.19 | 0.0025 |
| Non-Smoker | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
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| PMK's Spousal Daily Smoking | Current Smoker | 3 | 1.118 | 0.61 | 2.048 | 0.72 | 13 | 1.07 | 0.77 | 1.5 | 0.68 |
| Non-Smoker | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
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| PMK + Spousal Daily Smoking | Current Smoker | 3 | 1.256 | 0.685 | 2.3 | 0.46 | 13 | 1.01 | 0.72 | 1.39 | 0.99 |
| Non-Smoker | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
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| House Ownership of Respondent | Home Owner | 3 | 1.2 | 0.617 | 2.332 | 0.59 | 13 | 0.95 | 0.69 | 1.31 | 0.76 |
| Non Home Owner | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
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| Home Repair Needed | Minor Repairs | 4 | 1.487 | 0.396 | 3.176 | 0.31 | 11 | 0.83 | 0.57 | 1.2 | 0.33 |
| Major Repairs | 3 | 1.261 | 0.593 | 2.68 | 0.55 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.74 | 0.67 | |
| No repairs | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
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| Highest Level of Education | Secondary School or Less | 2 | 0.636 | 0.235 | 1.721 | 0.37 | 16 | 1.54 | 1.04 | 2.3 | 0.0319 |
| Beyond Highschool | 2 | 0.713 | 0.381 | 1.336 | 0.29 | 15 | 1.4 | 1.01 | 1.95 | 0.0439 | |
| College/University or Higher | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||||||
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| Premature Birth of Child | Premature | 3 | 1.023 | 0.433 | 2.413 | 0.96 | 16 | 1.327 | 0.85 | 2.08 | 0.22 |
| Non-premature | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
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| PMK Income | <$15,000 | 3 | 2.49 | 1.222 | 5.061 | 0.0120 | 13 | 0.787 | 0.531 | 1.168 | 0.23 |
| $15,000- $30,000 | 3 | 2.27 | 0.98 | 5.234 | 0.06 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.463 | 1.057 | 0.09 | |
| >$30,000 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |||||||
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| Mother's (biol) History of Asthma | Maternal Asthma | 5 | 2.092 | 0.878 | 4.988 | 0.10 | 24 | 2.33 | 1.316 | 4.127 | 0.0038 |
| No Maternal Asthma | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
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| Child Allergy Status | Child With Allergy | 7 | 3.10 | 1.441 | 6.658 | 0.0038 | 21 | 1.846 | 1.212 | 2.81 | 0.0043 |
| Child Without Allergy | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
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| Ethnicity | White | 3 | 1.11 | 0.546 | 2.274 | 0.77 | 14 | 1.283 | 0.835 | 1.971 | 0.25 |
| Other | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||||||
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| Child Age at baseline | 0.68 | 0.495 | 0.945 | 0.0212 | 1.289 | 1.074 | 1.548 | 0.0065 | |||
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| Household Socio-economic Status | 1.115 | 0.782 | 1.591 | 0.55 | 0.859 | 0.71 | 1.039 | 0.12 | |||
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| Biol. Mother Age at Birth | 1.042 | 0.987 | 1.1 | 0.14 | 0.984 | 0.952 | 1.017 | 0.35 | |||
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| Biol. Father Age at Birth | 1.034 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 0.14 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.36 | |||
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| PMK daily cigarettes | 0.996 | 0.953 | 1.042 | 0.87 | 1.02 | 1 | 1.04 | 0.0186 | |||
| Spouse daily cigarettes | 1.004 | 0.979 | 1.03 | 0.76 | 1.00 | 0.983 | 1.01 | 0.60 | |||