Table 4.
Medical conditions among black children by sickle cell disease (SCD) status (N=21 565)
| Medical conditions (past 12 months) | Black children with SCD n=170 |
Black children without SCD n=(21 395) | AOR for SCD vs no SCD (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Unweighted n | Weighted % | Unweighted n | Weighted % | |||
| Anaemia | 42 | 27.17 | 312 | 1.70 | 18.6 (10.6 to 32.6) | <0.001 |
| Asthma attack | 29 | 44.10 | 1732 | 40.69 | 1.1 (0.5 to 2.4) | 0.775 |
| Hay fever | 0 | – | 106 | 2.77 | – | – |
| Respiratory allergies | 28 | 18.73 | 2215 | 11.50 | 2.4 (1.3 to 4.3) | 0.005 |
| Food/digestive allergies | 12 | 7.91 | 1061 | 5.85 | 1.7 (0.8 to 3.7) | 0.203 |
| Eczema/skin allergy | 33 | 22.03 | 2926 | 16.26 | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.4) | 0.286 |
| Frequent diarrhoea/colitis | 2 | 0.54 | 234 | 1.30 | 0.4 (0.1 to 2.0) | 0.289 |
| Frequent severe headaches/migraines | 23 | 10.29 | 1282 | 6.58 | 1.6 (0.8 to 3.2) | 0.191 |
| Three or more ear infections | 5 | 1.82 | 528 | 3.07 | 0.5 (0.1 to 1.8) | 0.257 |
AOR, adjusted OR.