Table III:
Prevalence and Unadjusted Odds Ratios for Non-remitting Asthma by Sexual Identity (SI), Race/Ethnicity (RE), and their Intersections, YRBS, 2009–2017.
| Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-remitting Asthma (weighted %) | N/Total | OR | 95% CI | Non-remitting Asthma (weighted %) | N/Total | OR | 95% CI | |
| Selected Demographics | ||||||||
| Sexual Identity | ||||||||
| Heterosexual | 58.80 | 5776/9521 | REF | -- | 73.19 | 7026/9555 | REF | -- |
| Lesbian/Gay | 78.63 | 162/236 | 2.71 | (1.51, 4.84) | 80.66 | 236/297 | 1.37 | (0.87, 2.18) |
| Bisexual | 63.68 | 192/282 | 1.17 | (0.66, 2.06) | 75.84 | 956/1212 | 1.09 | (0.78, 1.52) |
| Not Sure | 65.39 | 193/284 | 1.48 | (0.85, 2.58) | 72.72 | 308/402 | 0.99 | (0.61, 1.61) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 55.94 | 3159/5198 | REF | -- | 73.68 | 4471/5902 | REF | -- |
| Black | 69.44 | 949/1376 | 1.80 | (1.38, 2.34) | 81.14 | 1237/1544 | 1.52 | (1.20, 1.92) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 55.37 | 1127/1944 | 0.97 | (0.80, 1.17) | 65.68 | 1483/2161 | 0.68 | (0.56, 0.83) |
| Additional-Race | 62.06 | 1088/1805 | 1.30 | (1.01, 1.69) | 68.18 | 1335/1859 | 0.81 | (0.61, 1.06) |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 14 or younger | 68.46 | 898/1342 | REF | -- | 76.96 | 1215/1599 | REF | -- |
| 15 | 60.07 | 1681/2637 | 0.86 | (0.63, 1.16) | 74.09 | 2247/2990 | 0.86 | (0.63, 1.16) |
| 16 | 59.50 | 1680/2762 | 0.93 | (0.68, 1.26) | 75.61 | 2217/2970 | 0.93 | (0.68, 1.26) |
| 17 | 56.91 | 1388/2363 | 0.79 | (0.59, 1.05) | 72.41 | 1980/2714 | 0.79 | (0.59, 1.05) |
| 18 or older | 56.07 | 676/1219 | 0.65 | (0.46, 0.93) | 68.52 | 867/1193 | 0.65 | (0.46, 0.93) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 63.04 | 2758/4353 | REF | -- | 76.48 | 3811/4952 | REF | -- |
| Midwest | 62.58 | 943/1469 | 0.98 | (0.82, 1.17) | 76.05 | 1313/1700 | 0.98 | (0.82, 1.16) |
| South | 57.18 | 1367/2376 | 0.78 | (0.67, 0.92) | 72.01 | 1798/2552 | 0.79 | (0.67, 0.94) |
| West | 60.1 | 1255/2124 | 0.88 | (0.70, 1.12) | 72.83 | 1604/2262 | 0.82 | (0.67, 1.01) |
| SI and RE Intersections | ||||||||
| Heterosexual | ||||||||
| White | 54.82 | 2922/4871 | REF | -- | 74.62 | 3790/5035 | REF | -- |
| Black | 69.75 | 876/1265 | 1.94 | (1.48, 2.54) | 79.36 | 1012/1281 | 1.27 | (0.98, 1.64) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 50.24 | 999/1757 | 0.97 | (0.79, 1.18) | 63.41 | 1156/1727 | 0.58 | (0.46, 0.72) |
| Additional-Race | 62.62 | 979/1628 | 1.40 | (1.07, 1.83) | 65.10 | 1068/1512 | 0.66 | (0.49, 0.88) |
| Lesbian/Gay | ||||||||
| White | 93.36 | 68/89 | 17.65 | (6.98, 44.67) | 67.7 | 93/119 | 0.60 | (0.31, 1.16) |
| Black | 76.77 | 28/41 | 2.67 | (0.98, 7.24) | 95.07 | 55/62 | 7.07 | (2.01, 24.77) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 61.31 | 33/54 | 1.20 | (0.46, 3.14) | 84.86 | 53/70 | 1.79 | (0.63, 5.11) |
| Additional-Race | 85.61 | 33/52 | 4.79 | (1.74, 13.18) | 67.89 | 35/46 | 0.75 | (0.17, 3.38) |
| Bisexual | ||||||||
| White | 71.44 | 76/116 | 1.95 | (0.76, 5.01) | 71.21 | 456/575 | 0.77 | (0.46, 1.29) |
| Black | 55.40 | 28/42 | 0.95 | (0.35, 2.63) | 86.04 | 118/142 | 2.03 | (1.03, 4.01) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 71.83 | 44/63 | 1.80 | (0.61, 5.32) | 71.58 | 211/276 | 0.83 | (0.52, 1.34) |
| Additional-Race | 56.00 | 44/61 | 1.01 | (0.33, 3.15) | 83.76 | 171/219 | 1.84 | (0.92, 3.68) |
| Not Sure | ||||||||
| White | 66.27 | 93/122 | 1.86 | (0.83, 4.15) | 62.94 | 132/173 | 0.57 | (0.29, 1.14) |
| Black | 71.80 | 17/28* | 1.61 | (0.39, 6.71) | 91.94 | 52/59 | 3.52 | (0.96, 12.92) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 67.44 | 51/70 | 2.16 | (0.91, 5.16) | 79.42 | 63/88 | 1.45 | (0.66, 3.19) |
| Additional-Race | 36.87 | 32/53 | 0.61 | (0.19, 1.98) | 73.41 | 61/82 | 0.91 | (0.34, 2.42) |
| Selected Variables | ||||||||
| Smoking Status | ||||||||
| Never smoked | 61.39 | 2265/3629 | REF | -- | 75.18 | 3199/4274 | REF | -- |
| Former smoker | 59.66 | 673/1134 | 0.93 | (0.70, 1.24) | 79.71 | 1047/1366 | 1.30 | (1.01, 1.66) |
| Current smoker | 58.78 | 448/705 | 0.90 | (0.65, 1.25) | 79.46 | 542/685 | 1.28 | (0.83, 1.96) |
| Obese | ||||||||
| Yes | 64.07 | 1232/1893 | 1.29 | (1.03, 1.61) | 77.51 | 1019/1288 | 1.28 | (0.95, 1.72) |
| No | 58.08 | 4730/7882 | REF | -- | 72.97 | 6891/2473 | REF | -- |
| Overweight | ||||||||
| Yes | 55.87 | 931.1563 | 0.85 | (0.67, 1.08) | 74.46 | 1479/1967 | 1.06 | (0.83, 1.35) |
| No | 59.82 | 5031/8212 | REF | -- | 73.35 | 6431/8685 | REF | -- |
| Bullied | ||||||||
| Yes | 64.34 | 1261/1868 | 1.29 | (1.03, 1.62) | 79.55 | 2199/2754 | 1.54 | (1.23, 1.92) |
| No | 58.3 | 4937/8258 | REF | -- | 71.65 | 6153/8494 | REF | -- |
| Cyberbullied | ||||||||
| Yes | 65.25 | 699/1017 | 1.34 | (0.95, 1.88) | 78.28 | 1818/2295 | 1.39 | (1.10, 1.76) |
| No | 58.34 | 4602/7736 | REF | -- | 72.12 | 5348/7362 | REF | -- |
| Forced Sex | ||||||||
| Yes | 65.93 | 381/524 | 1.30 | (0.88, 1.90) | 79.97 | 990/1244 | 1.49 | (1.13, 1.97) |
| No | 59.9 | 4912/8026 | REF | -- | 72.82 | 6016/8149 | REF | -- |
Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05)
*
Analyses performed with small sub-population