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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate predictors* of accidental exposures**

From: Accidental exposures to peanut in a large cohort of Canadian children with peanut allergy

 

Univariate

Most informative multivariate

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

Caucasian

0.70 (0.54, 0.90)

Not Included

Age at study entry

0.93 (0.91, 0.96)

Not Included

Disease duration at entry

0.92 (0.89, 0.94)

0.90 (0.88, 0.93)

Age ≥ 13 years at study entry

Non Significant

2.22 (1.44, 3.41)

Recruited through allergy associations

0.65 (0.54, 0.77)

0.75 (0.63, 0.91)

Personal history of rhinitis

0.82 (0.69, 0.97)

Not Included

Personal history of other food allergy

0.75 (0.64, 0.89)

0.81 (0.68, 0.96)

Single parent household

1.46 (1.08, 1.98)

1.55 (1.14, 2.10)

Age of parents

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

Not Included

Father’s education and work status

  

Currently employed

0.72 (0.55, 0.94)

Not Included

  1. HR: Hazard ratio.
  2. *Only significant predictors are indicated.
  3. **Potential predictors for the Cox regression included sex, ethnicity, age at study entry (i.e., at the time the patient starts to be observed, which could be up to one year prior to the initial questionnaire), disease duration, source of recruitment (i.e., food allergy advocacy associations versus allergy clinics), other atopic conditions, severity of initial reaction to peanut, whether the child attended a school prohibiting peanut, and parental factors (i.e., living arrangement, age, level of education and employment).