Clinical Study
Measures of Obesity Associated with Asthma Diagnosis in Ethnic Minority Children
Table 6
Explanatory asthma model.
| | Asthma versus no asthma PR (95% CI) |
| BMI percentile | | Q 3-4 versus Q 1-2 | 1.18 (0.80–1.73) | Q 5 versus Q 1-2 | 1.58 (1.05–2.37)* | Race/ethnicity (referent = Mexican) | | Dominican | 0.68 (0.28–1.68) | Puerto Rican | 2.32 (1.08–4.99)* | Other/mixed Hispanic | 2.02 (0.92–4.46) | Non-Hispanic black | 1.91 (0.91–4.02) | Age in years | 0.97 (0.80–1.18) | Gender (referent = male) | 1.02 (0.70–1.50) | #People/#rooms at Home | 1.17 (0.76–1.80) | Ever breastfed (referent = yes) | 1.24 (0.87–1.76) | #Smokers at home | 1.11 (0.95–1.30) | Metabolic hours of recreational Activity | 0.98 (0.96–1.00)* |
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