Food allergy-related concerns during the transition to self-management

Table 3 Associations between gender-specific age categories and total- and domain specific health-related quality of life (HRQL), in the entire study population

	Overall HRQL			AADR			EI			RAE
	Mean	β^a	95% CI	Mean	β^a	95% CI	Mean	β^a	95% CI	Mean	β^a	95% CI
Males (years)
< 18	4.81	Referent		5.14	Referent		4.35	Referent		4.46	Referent
18–39	5.63 ^†	0.73	0.07; 1.39	6.12 ^‡	0.93	0.23; 1.62	5.11	0.64	− 0.15; 1.43	4.75	0.14	− 1.01; 1.28
40+	4.80	0.18	− 0.58; 0.93	5.48	0.43	− 0.36; 1.21	4.15	0.13	− 0.77; 1.04	3.46	− 0.66	− 1.96; 0.64
Females (years)
< 18	5.29	Referent		5.49	Referent		5.31	Referent		4.42	Referent
18–39	5.15	0.33	− 0.82; 0.51	5.61	0.10	− 0.61; 0.80	4.68	− 0.65	− 1.45; 0.15	4.28	− 0.19	− 1.25; 0.86
40+	5.27	0.31	− 0.03; 0.39	5.76	0.33	− 0.34; 1.00	4.52	− 0.63	− 1.40; 0.13	4.98	0.63	− 0.37; 1.63

Italic denotes statistically significant results
HRQL is on a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 = best possible HRQL, and 7 = worst possible HRQL
HRQL health-related quality of life, AADR allergen avoidance and dietary restrictions, EI emotional impact, RAE risk of accidental exposure
^†p < 0.05
^‡p < 0.01
^aRepresent mean difference in outcome compared to the reference group. Calculated by linear regression, adjusted for number of food allergies and prescription of an epinephrine autoinjector

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