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Fostering ChangeBy,
Eugene Uche
Social Factor Economic Factors Environmental Factors
Sex Age Ethnicity Region
n
Prevalence of
Current Asthma
(%)
Unadjusted Odds
Ratio OR
p ValueAdjusted
Odds Ratio OR
p Value
Sex, male 8,736 5.1 1.5 < 0.001 1.4 0.002
Age, yr
0-5 6,209 3.2 0.7 0.001 1.6 0.02
6-11 5,092 5.1 1.1 0.24 1.3 0.01
12-17 (referent)
5,809 4.5 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00
Race
Black 2,924 5.1 1.3 0.04 0.9 0.38
Other 1,178 3.9 0.9 0.76 1.1 0.74
White (referent)
13,008 4.1 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00
Hispanic 2,038 3.4 0.8 0.049 0.9 0.77
Region
Midwest 4,522 4.2 0.9 0.54 0.8 0.13
South 5,941 4.1 0.9 0.31 0.8 0.04
West 3,424 4.3 0.9 0.60 0.9 0.47
Northeast (referent)
3,223 4.6 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00
Urban (MSA-Central City)
5,388 5.0 1.3 0.01 1.4 0.01
Poverty status, %
100 2,474 4.7 1.1 0.24 1.0 0.99
101-150 1,591 4.0 0.9 0.76 0.9 0.80
> 150 (referent)
13,045 4.2 1.0 0.00 1.0 0.00
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