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

Table 6

Multivariate regression analysis in group B.

Variable
Years of follow-up		0.25
Age at diagnosis	-	0.24
Diagnosis’ delay from time of the symptom onset	-	0.04
VAS at follow-up	-	0.61
Sex	-	0.35
Food allergy		0.01
Allergy to inhalants		0.92
Repeated use of antibiotic therapy during infancy		0.04
Symptoms at the onset of EoE		0.28
Pharmacological therapy at diagnosis		0.13
Dietetic therapy at diagnosis	-	0.11
Maternal breastfeeding	-	0.5