Impaired health-related quality of life in adolescents with allergy to staple foods

Table 3 Linear regression analyses of HRQL for adolescents with objectively-diagnosed staple food allergy

	n	B	95 % CI for B	p value
Sex
Boys	18	Ref
Girls	40	−0.58	−1.34; 0.19	0.13
Number of staple food allergies
1	36	Ref
2–3	22	0.37	−0.31; 1.06	0.28
Number of offending foods^a
1	10	Ref
2	9	0.79	−0.43; 2.01	0.20
3	13	0.03	−1.11; 1.17	0.95
>3	26	0.82	−0.24; 1.89	0.13
Number of symptoms resulting from staple foods
0–3	15	Ref
4–6	26	0.10	−0.87; 1.07	0.83
Adrenaline auto injector possession
No	14	Ref
Yes	44	0.78	−0.02; 1.57	0.06

Adjusted for the covariates: sex, number of symptoms, history of anaphylaxis, adrenaline auto injector prescription and concomitant allergic disease, excluding predictor
^a Includes at least 1 objectively-diagnosed staple food, as well as participant-reported allergies to other foods

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