Variability in childhood allergy and asthma across ethnicity, language, and residency duration in El Paso, Texas: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Adjusted associations of Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language and El Paso nativity with asthma and allergy.

	Diagnosed Allergy			Diagnosed Asthma			Current Asthma
Crude Model*	OR	95%CI		OR	95%CI		OR	95%CI
Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language
Hispanic, Spanish Language	0.53	0.47	0.60	0.53	0.44	0.64	0.48	0.39	0.59
Hispanic, English Language	1.00			1.00			1.00
Non-Hispanic, English Language	1.14	0.99	1.32	1.25	1.03	1.52	1.15	0.93	1.43
El Paso Nativity: Duration of Child's El Paso residence
Lifelong	1.34	1.15	1.57	1.37	1.10	1.70	1.49	1.17	1.91
Early Immigrant: Since before entering 1^st grade	1.31	1.08	1.59	1.25	0.94	1.65	1.31	0.96	1.79
Late Immigrant: Since after entering 1^st grade	1.00			1.00			1.00
Adjusted Model**
Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language
Hispanic, Spanish Language	0.80	0.69	0.93	0.78	0.63	0.96	0.70	0.55	0.88
Hispanic, English Language	1.00			1.00			1.00
Non-Hispanic, English Language	0.84	0.68	1.05	0.85	0.63	1.15	0.73	0.52	1.03
El Paso Nativity: Duration of Child's El Paso residence
Lifelong	1.72	1.32	2.24	1.75	1.24	2.46	2.01	1.37	2.95
Early Immigrant: Since before entering 1^st grade	1.26	1.03	1.55	1.16	0.87	1.55	1.22	0.88	1.69
Late Immigrant: Since after entering 1^st grade	1.00			1.00			1.00

Coded as the prevalence of ever diagnosed allergy, ever diagnosed asthma, and current asthma by Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language and duration of El Paso residence (nativity), El Paso Children's Health Study of 4th or 5th grade children: El Paso Independent School District, February 2001 (n = 6396)
* Mixed effects model with random school-specific intercepts
** Mixed effects model with random school-specific intercepts and adjusted for the fixed effects of socio-economic status (maximum parental education level, single parent), environmental tobacco smoke (parental smoker), parental history (allergy, asthma), the first-order interaction of extended stay outside El Paso within past year (> 6 weeks) with duration of El Paso residence, and the first-order interaction of Hispanic ethnicity with duration of El Paso residence

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