Clinical Study
Measures of Obesity Associated with Asthma Diagnosis in Ethnic Minority Children
Table 2
Asthma rates for subgroups of New York City children 2004–2007.
| | Characteristic | Asthmatics | Nonasthmatics | value* |
| | Gender | | | | | Female | 101 (25.3%) | 299 (74.7%) |
.490 | | Male | 30 (28.6%) | 75 (71.4%) | | Age | | | | | 6 years | 54 (28.0%) | 139 (72.0%) |
.373 | | 7 years | 44 (27.7%) | 115 (72.3%) | | 8 years | 33 (21.9%) | 118 (78.1%) | | Ethnicity | | | | | Mexican | 19 (13.3%) | 124 (86.7%) |
<.001 | | Dominican | 7 (17.1%) | 34 (82.9%) | | Puerto Rican | 41 (40.6%) | 60 (59.4%) | | Other/Mixed Hisp | 28 (32.6%) | 58 (67.4%) | | Non-Hisp Black | 36 (26.9%) | 98 (73.1%) | | Income | | | | | <$12,000 | 22 (26.5%) | 61 (73.5%) |
.183 | | $12,000–$24,999 | 41 (24.7%) | 125 (75.3%) | | $25,000–$49,999 | 31 (21.1%) | 116 (78.9%) | | ≥$50,000 | 22 (36.1%) | 39 (63.9%) | | Neonatal ICU | | | | | Yes | 29 (33.7%) | 57 (66.3%) |
.212 | | No | 99 (24.0%) | 314 (76.0%) | | Ever breastfed | | | | | Yes | 77 (21.9%) | 274 (78.1%) |
.008 | | No | 53 (35.1%) | 98 (64.9%) | | Smokers at home | | | | | 0 | 73 (22.3%) | 255 (77.7%) |
.006 | | 1 | 36 (28.8%) | 89 (71.2%) | | 2+ | 22 (42.3%) | 30 (57.7%) |
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*chi square test of proportions comparing asthma rates across groups.
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