Health-related quality of life worsens by school age amongst children with food allergy

Table 1 Linear regression analyses for children with specialist-diagnosed food allergy, by age group (n = 63)

HRQL	Unadjusted			Model 1^†			Model 2^‡
HRQL	B	95% CI	p value	B	95% CI	p value	B	95% CI	p value
Overall
0–5 years	Ref			Ref			Ref
6–12 years	1.21	0.61–1.82	<0.001	0.71	0.18–1.23	0.01	0.60	0.05–1.16	0.04
FA
0–5 years	Ref			Ref			Ref
6–12 years	1.51	0.93–2.09	<0.01	1.06	0.52–1.61	<0.001	1.09	0.50–1.67	0.001
EI
0–5 years	Ref			Ref			Ref
6–12 years	1.27	0.67–1.88	<0.001	0.76	0.21–1.31	0.008	0.66	0.07–1.24	0.03
SDL
0–5 years	Ref			Ref			Ref
6–12 years	0.94	0.18–1.69	0.02	0.39	− 0.35–1.13	0.30	0.20	− 0.58–0.97	0.61

95% CI 95th percent confidence interval, EAI epinephrine autoinjector, EI emotional impact, FA food anxiety, HRQL health-related quality of life, SDL social and dietary limitations
^†Adjusted for symptom severity, EAI prescription and number of concomitant allergic diseases
^‡Adjusted for symptom severity, EAI prescription, number of concomitant allergic diseases and region

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