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Table 4 Sensitivity analyses

From: Antibiotic prescription and food allergy in young children

Modela

Casesb

Controlsb

Unadjusted model

Adjusted modela

Odds ratio

95 % CI

p value

Odds ratio

95 % CI

p value

Model 1: original model

1504

5995

1.22

1.08–1.37

<0.01

1.21

1.06–1.39

<0.01

Model 2: diagnosis by allergy or immunology providerc

483 (32.1)

1926 (32.1)

1.15

0.93–1.41

0.19

1.29

0.98–1.70

0.07

Model 3: reduced modeld

818 (54.4)

3265 (54.5)

1.22

1.04–1.43

0.01

1.24

1.03–1.50

0.02

Model 4: epinephrine prescriptione

226 (15.0)

899 (15.0)

2.89

2.08–4.02

<0.001

2.91

1.96–4.32

<0.001

  1. aAll models adjusted for vaginal birth, breastfeeding, gestational age, asthma, eczema, wheeze, tobacco pre- and during pregnancy, maternal age, pre-pregnancy diabetes, and urban residence
  2. bParentheses indicates the proportion of patients retained from the full data set
  3. cOnly patients from the original model with food allergy diagnosed by allergy or immunology provider are included
  4. dPatients with diagnoses of allergic gastroenteritis and colitis, allergic urticaria, or allergic rhinitis attributable to food are excluded
  5. eModel includes only cases with epinephrine prescription and corresponding matching controls. Two controls also received epinephrine prescription for unknown reasons