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

Table 5

Pearson correlation in adult population (group B).

	Flare-ups
	Years of follow-up	0.39	0.01
Age at diagnosis	-0.25	0.13
Diagnosis’ delay from time of the symptom onset	-0.05	0.76
Sex	-0.0	1
Food allergy	-0.26	0.13
Allergy to inhalants	0-0.01	0.92
Symptoms at the onset of EoE	-0.07	0.66
Repeated use of antibiotic therapy during infancy	0.36	0.03
Seasonality of symptoms	0.19	0.25
Pharmacological therapy at diagnosis	-0.32	0.26
Dietetic therapy at diagnosis	-0.31	0.06
Maternal breastfeeding	0.11	0.94
Tabagic habit	0.13	0.72
VAS at follow-up	-0.06	0.69
VAS at diagnosis	-0.19	0.2