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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 Jan 6;54(3):237–244. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24236

TABLE 2.

Multivariable analysis of health risk behaviors, psychosocial stressors, and current asthma

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Risk factors Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval
Age 0.95 (0.91, 0.99)* 0.96 (0.92, 1.00) 0.96 (0.92, 1.01) 0.95 (0.91, 0.99)*
Female gender 1.34 (1.18, 1.51)** 1.29 (1.15, 1.44)** 1.28 (1.14, 1.44)** 1.22 (1.09, 1.38)**
Race/ethnicity
 White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Black/African American 1.05 (0.89, 1.24) 1.10 (0.94, 1.29) 1.10 (0.91, 1.32) 1.09 (0.93, 1.29)
 Hispanic/Latino 0.64 (0.53, 0.78)** 0.67 (0.55, 0.81)** 0.67 (0.55, 0.83)** 0.64 (0.53, 0.79)**
 Multiple race/ethnicity 1.02 (0.85, 1.24) 1.02 (0.85, 1.23) 1.03 (0.86, 1.25) 1.01 (0.84, 1.21)
 Others 0.81 (0.65, 1.01) 0.82 (0.65, 1.02) 0.81 (0.66, 1.00) 0.79 (0.63, 1.21)
Body mass index (BMI)
 Normal weight 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Overweight 1.20 (1.00, 1.55)* 1.18 (0.98, 1.41) 1.18 (0.98, 1.42) 1.17 (0.98, 1.41)
 Obese 1.34 (1.16, 1.55)** 1.36 (1.17, 1.57)** 1.34 (1.16, 1.56)** 1.33 (1.15, 1.54)**
Average hour of sleep <8 h 1.15 (1.01, 1.29)* 1.14 (1.01, 1.28)* 1.13 (0.99, 1.28) 1.12 (0.99, 1.27)
Ate fruit or vegetables <5 times/day (past week) 0.83 (0.73, 0.95)* 0.84 (0.73, 0.96)* 0.85 (0.74, 0.99)* 0.83 (0.73, 0.95)*
Drank regular soda/pop (past week)
 Never 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 1–6 times 1.11 (0.96, 1.27) 1.11 (0.97, 1.27) 1.12 (0.98, 1.29) 1.09 (0.96, 1.25)
 ≥7 times 1.27 (1.11, 1.47)** 1.27 (1.11, 1.46)** 1.31 (1.14, 1.52)** 1.25 (1.09, 1.44)**
Smoked ≥20 cigarettes (past week) 1.14 (0.93, 1.40) 1.09 (0.89, 1.35) 1.12 (0.90, 1.39) 1.12 (0.91, 1.38)
Used marijuana ≥1 time (past week) 1.14 (1.01, 1.28)* 1.12 (0.99, 1.27) 1.13 (1.00, 1.28)* 1.13 (0.99, 1.27)
Use illegal drugs (ever)a 0.97 (0.78, 1.21) 0.96 (0.77, 1.19) 0.95 (0.76, 1.17) 0.94 (0.75, 1.18)
Psychosocial stressors
 Any violent behavior 1.12 (1.02, 1.24)* - - -
 Any victimization - 1.43 (1.29, 1.58)** - -
 Any suicide behavior - - 1.41 (1.22, 1.64)** -
 Felt sad or hopeless (past year) - - - 1.57 (1.40, 1.75)**
a

Including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, and ecstasy.

*

P < 0.05.

**

P < 0.01.