Research Article
Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children
Table 1
Comparison of proportions among Caucasian and First Nations children.
| | Variables | Caucasians
(%) | First Nations
(%) | value |
| | Ear infection | 1204 (57.8) | 153 (43.6) | <0.0001 | | Tonsillitis | 624 (30.0) | 67 (19.1) | <0.0001 | | Had operation to remove the tonsils | 194 (9.3) | 13 (3.7) | 0.001 | | Doctor diagnosed asthma | 314 (15.1) | 61 (17.4) | 0.270 | | Sex | | | | | Male | 1025 (49.2) | 165 (47.0) | 0.441 | | Female | 1057 (50.8) | 186 (53.0) | | Obese | | | | | Yes | 123 (5.9) | 45 (12.8) | <0.0001 | | No | 1959 (94.1) | 306 (87.2) | | Mother’s highest education | | | | | <Grade 12 | 97 (4.7) | 87 (24.8) | <0.0001 | | ≥Grade 12 | 1985 (95.3) | 264 (75.2) | | Child breastfed longer than three months | 835 (40.1) | 202 (57.5) | <0.0001 | | Mother smoked during pregnancy | 414 (19.9) | 181 (51.6) | <0.0001 | | First born | 809 (38.9) | 93 (26.5) | <0.0001 | | Exposure to passive smoking | 260 (12.5) | 154 (43.9) | <0.0001 | | Any respiratory allergy | 608 (29.2) | 71 (20.2) | 0.001 | | Difficulty of accessing regular or on-going health care in past 12 months | 152 (7.3) | 17 (4.8) | 0.094 |
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Chi-squared test statistics was reported for comparisons.
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