A cross-sectional study of the association between ventilation of gas stoves and chronic respiratory illness in U.S. children enrolled in NHANESIII

Table 2 Adjusted Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between respiratory illnesses in children aged 2–16 years who live in households that use gas stove with ventilation compared to households that use gas stoves without ventilation (Model 1)

	Ever diagnosed with asthma^a(N = 5,745)		Wheeze in past 12 months^b(N = 5,744)		Ever diagnosed with bronchitis^c(N = 7,255)
Ventilation of gas stove	No. cases	OR (95% CI)	No. cases	OR (95% CI)	No. cases	OR (95% CI)
No	269	1 Ref.	561	1 Ref.	188	1 Ref.
Yes	224	0.64 (0.43, 0.97)*	458	0.60 (0.42, 0.86)*	128	0.60 (0.37, 0.95)*

*P-value <0.05.
^aAdjusted for age group, sex, parental history of asthma or hay fever, and furry or feathery pets in the house, household income < $20,000, and BMI percentiles for age.
^bAdjusted for age group, parental history of asthma or hay fever, furry or feathery pets in the house, indoor tobacco smoke, race-ethnicity, household income < $20,000, and BMI percentile for age.
^cAdjusted for age group, parental history of asthma or hay fever, indoor tobacco smoke, race-ethnicity, household income < $20,000, and census region.

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