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Table 2 Survey comparisons between children and adolescents

From: Quality of life is lower in food allergic adolescents compared to young children at a community educational symposium

 

Children (N = 61)

Adolescents (N = 13)

p-value1

N

N (%)

N

N (%)

Parent sex (female)

58

50 (86.2)

12

11 (91.7)

 > 0.99

Child sex (female)

58

26 (44.8)

12

8 (66.7)

0.213

Greater than 6 FAs

54

17 (31.5)

12

0 (0)

0.027

 

N

Median (Min, Max)

N

Median (Min, Max)

 

FAQLQ total score

60

4.2 (1.0, 6.8)

11

5.2 (3.1, 6.9)

0.045

FAQLQ food anxiety score (child only)

59

4.3 (1.0, 7.0)

N/A

N/A

N/A

  1. 1Comparisons between categorical variables used Fisher’s exact or Chi-square test. Comparisons between continuous variables used Wilcoxon rank-sum test