Assessing the Risk Factors for Refractory Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Adults

Table 3

Pearson correlation in pediatric population (group A).

	Flare-ups
	Years of follow-up	0.11	0.43
Age at diagnosis	0.02	0.88
Diagnosis’ delay from time of the symptom onset	-0.17	0.26
Sex	-0.2	0.18
Food allergy	0.06	0.65
Allergy to inhalants	0	1
Symptoms at the onset of EoE	-0.08	0.5
Repeated use of antibiotic therapy during infancy	0.15	0.29
Seasonality of symptoms	0.11	0.44
Pharmacological therapy at diagnosis	-0.05	0.71
Dietetic therapy at diagnosis	-0.05	0.71
Maternal breastfeeding	0.01	0.91
VAS at follow-up	-0.37	0.01
VAS at diagnosis	-0.19	0.2