Measures of Obesity Associated with Asthma Diagnosis in Ethnic Minority Children

Table 6

Explanatory asthma model.

𝑁=434	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)*

* 𝑃<.05.