Table 4.

Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios of current asthma in association with household mold and pesticide use stratified by child’s race/ethnicity among children aged 3–17 years, 2017–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health

	Non-Hispanic White		Hispanic		Non-Hispanic Black		Other
	Crude*	Adjusted†	Crude*	Adjusted†	Crude*	Adjusted†	Crude*	Adjusted†
N (asthma)	2,293	2,275	457	450	444	435	435	427
N (all)	29,001	28,686	4,616	4,531	2,588	2,534	5,218	5,132
Household mold
No	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Yes	1.85 (1.39, 2.47)	1.71 (1.28, 2.28)	0.97 (0.57, 1.65)	0.88 (0.50, 1.52)	1.38 (0.88, 2.14)	1.15 (0.71, 1.85)	1.06 (0.60, 1.87)	0.95 (0.53, 1.69)
Household pesticide use
Never	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Ever	1.05 (0.88, 1.24)	1.02 (0.87, 1.20)	0.71 (0.46, 1.11)	0.70 (0.45, 1.10)	1.49 (1.06, 2.10)	1.39 (0.99, 1.95)	1.01 (0.69, 1.47)	1.00 (0.71, 1.42)

^*P for interaction between household mold and child’s sex <0.001. P for interaction between household pesticide use and child’s sex >0.15.

^†Adjusted for child’s age, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance type, household highest education, poverty status, family structure, household smoker, primary caregiver’s self-reported mental and emotional health status, and mutually adjusted for household mold and pesticide use as exposures of interest. P for interaction between household mold and child’s sex <0.001. P for interaction between household pesticide use and child’s sex >0.15.