The state of pediatric asthma in Chicago's Humboldt Park: a community-based study in two local elementary schools

BMC Pediatrics

Table 5 Variables significantly associated with asthma, probable asthma,ⁱ and asthma morbidity/control.ⁱⁱ

Variable	Prevalence Ratio (PR)	95% Confidence Interval (CI)
Risk of asthma diagnosis
Black vs. all other races/ethnicities	1.51	1.11-2.04
Puerto Rican vs. all other races/ethnicities	1.39	1.03-1.89
Mexican vs. all other races/ethnicities	0.56	0.38-0.82
Risk of probable asthma
High vs. low vehicle idling	1.80	1.18-2.74
Caregiver stressed by community crime	1.73	1.07-2.79
Risk of wheeze during the day (diagnosed asthma only)
Caregiver felt unable to cope	2.39	1.17-4.88
Caregiver stressed by community crime	2.07	1.05-4.88
Risk of wheeze at night (diagnosed asthma only)
Caregiver felt unable to cope	2.24	1.09-4.58
Risk of wheeze during exercise (diagnosed asthma only)
Caregiver felt unable to cope	1.68	1.03-2.74
Caregiver reported general stress	2.05	1.03-4.07
Risk of missed school days (diagnosed asthma only)
Caregiver felt unable to cope	2.45	1.21-4.96

ⁱProbable asthma defined as 1 or more affirmative response to the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen Plus[19] without having a formal diagnosis of asthma.
ⁱⁱPrevalence ratios for all variables listed in Table 4 were estimated; only statistically significant associations are shown here.

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