Table 4 |
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El Paso nativity and ethnicity/questionnaire language groups by queried diagnosed allergy type. |
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El Paso Nativity |
Ethnicity |
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Lifelong |
Immigrant |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
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Early: Before entering 1st grade |
Late: After entering 1st grade |
English Preferred |
Spanish Preferred |
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(n = 4370) |
(n = 862) |
(n = 1164) |
(n = 1226) |
(n = 3005) |
(n = 2165) |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
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Diagnosed allergy to: |
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things ingested (e.g. food or medicine) |
5.2 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
7.5 |
5.3 |
3.7 |
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house dust or dust mites |
11.7 |
12.8 |
10.2 |
12.6 |
14.4 |
7.1 |
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pollens (e.g. grasses, trees, flowers) |
24.7 |
22.2 |
19.8 |
28.1 |
28.1 |
14.5 |
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molds |
4.9 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
7.8 |
6.4 |
2.0 |
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animal fur or dander (e.g. cats or dogs) |
8.9 |
8.5 |
6.4 |
10.1 |
9.3 |
6.3 |
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insect bites or stings (e.g. bee stings) |
2.9 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
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feathers (e.g. pillows or comforters) |
1.8 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
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things that contact the skin* (e.g. wool) |
2.0 |
3.3 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
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other |
2.7 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
1.9 |
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unknown |
2.7 |
3.25 |
2.5 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
1.1 |
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only pollens |
8.6 |
7.8 |
6.3 |
9.1 |
9.6 |
5.4 |
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only animal fur or dander |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
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only non-pollen aeroallergens** |
12.9 |
14.0 |
11.9 |
15.3 |
15.7 |
7.7 |
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Coded as ever diagnosed allergy, 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) *not poison oak, ivy, or sumac **aeroallergens: house dust or house dust mites, pollens, molds, animal fur or dander, or feathers |
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Svendsen et al. Environmental Health 2009 8:55 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-8-55 |
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