TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Toronto Child Health Evaluation Questionnaire (T-CHEQ) participants with peanut allergy stratified according to parent-reported epinephrine autoinjector prescription*
| Variable |
Epinephrine† prescribed, n (row %) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| All children with peanut allergy (n=153)‡ | 105 (68.6) | 48 (31.4) | |
| Sex | 0.603 | ||
| Male (n=87) | 61 (70.1) | 26 (29.9) | |
| Female (n=65) | 43 (66.2) | 22 (33.8) | |
| Current asthma | 0.008 | ||
| Yes (n=76) | 62 (81.6) | 14 (18.4) | |
| No (n=27) | 15 (55.6) | 12 (44.4) | |
| Eczema | 0.033 | ||
| Yes (n=103) | 77 (74.8) | 26 (25.2) | |
| No (n=47) | 27 (57.4) | 20 (42.6) | |
| Concurrent allergy to other food | 0.169 | ||
| Yes (n=92) | 67 (72.8) | 25 (27.2) | |
| No (n=61) | 38 (62.3) | 23 (37.7) | |
| Concurrent allergy to fish/seafood | 0.603 | ||
| Yes (n=25) | 16 (64.0) | 9 (36.0) | |
| No (n=127) | 88 (69.3) | 39 (30.7) | |
| Concurrent allergy to tree nuts | 0.005 | ||
| Yes (n=60) | 49 (81.7) | 11 (18.3) | |
| No (n=92) | 55 (59.8) | 37 (40.2) | |
| Type of dwelling | 0.001 | ||
| Single (n=76) | 60 (79.0) | 16 (21.0) | |
| Semidetached or row house (n=34) | 25 (73.5) | 9 (26.5) | |
| Duplex or low-rise apartment (n=14) | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | |
| High-rise apartment (≥5 stories) (n=25) | 16 (64.0) | 9 (36.0) | |
| Household ownership | <0.0001 | ||
| Own (n=105) | 83 (79.0) | 22 (21.0) | |
| Rent (n=48) | 22 (45.8) | 26 (54.2) | |
| Education level of respondent | 0.007 | ||
| Completed high school or less (n=29) | 13 (44.8) | 16 (55.2) | |
| Completed postsecondary education or less (n=60) | 45 (75.0) | 15 (25.0) | |
| Completed postgraduate education or less (n=63) | 47 (74.6) | 16 (25.4) | |
| Income adequacy§ | <0.0001 | ||
| Lower and lower-middle (n=44) | 8 (18.2) | 36 (81.8) | |
| Upper-middle and highest (n=102) | 82 (80.4) | 20 (19.6) | |
| Immigrant status | 0.002 | ||
| Born in Canada (n=141) | 101 (71.6) | 40 (28.4) | |
| Born outside Canada (n=11) | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | |
| Health care provider type | 0.288 | ||
| No physician (n=17) | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | |
| Paediatrician only (n=39) | 25 (64.1) | 14 (35.9) | |
| Family doctor only (n=32) | 26 (81.2) | 6 (18.8) | |
| Mixed provider (n=58) | 42 (72.4) | 16 (27.6) | |
| Health care provider contact (number of visits in previous 12 months) | 0.376 | ||
| 0 (n=17) | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | |
| 1 to 4 (n=65) | 49 (75.4) | 16 (24.6) | |
| ≥5 (n=64) | 44 (68.8) | 20 (31.2) | |
*
Frequencies for each variable are adjusted for missing values;
†
Affirmative response to the question “Has your child ever been prescribed an epinephrine autoinjector (EpiPen)?” (EpiPen [King Pharmaceuticals, Canada]);
‡
Affirmative response to the question “Has your child ever had a peanut allergy diagnosed by a doctor?”;
§
Income adequacy is a derived variable defined by Statistics Canada (refer to Table 1 for a summary of the income adequacy categories)