Skip to main content

Table 2 Association between cockroach exposure, caregiver stress, and various indicators of asthma morbidity

From: Cockroach exposure and perceived stress interact to predict clinical outcomes in childhood asthma

Outcome

Cockroach

Stress

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

N

OR (95% CI)

N

ORa (95% CI)

N

OR (95% CI)

N

ORa (95% CI)

Unscheduled clinic/ED visits

136

8.7 (3.9, 19.7)

109

6.2 (1.8, 21.7)

173

2.9 (1.5, 5.4)

109

4.5 (1.4, 14.5)

Hospitalization

135

3.1 (1.1, 8.4)

130

2.3 (0.6, 7.8)

172

2.7 (1.2, 6.0)

130

5.6 (1.5, 21.0)

FEV1 < 80%

109

1.4 (0.6, 3.3)

108

1.8 (0.7, 4.8)

137

1.3 (0.7, 2.7)

108

1.2 (0.5, 2.7)

  1. All models mutually adjusted for cockroach and PSS-score
  2. aControl variables depend on results of bivariate analysis: Unscheduled clinic/ED visit: age, race, income, BMI; Hospitalization: sex, race, income; FEV1: age, BMI