Table 3.

Predictors in a cohort-wide logistic regression analysis for a diagnosis of EoE versus non-EoE before diagnostic endoscopy

Predictor	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis (N =345)
	Odds ratio (95 % CI)	P value	Odds ratio (95 % CI)	P value
Male sex	2.65 (1.77–3.99)	< 0.001	2.47 (1.42–4.28)	0.001
Age (per year increase)	1.00 (0.97–1.04)	0.89	1.00 (0.94–1.06)	0.93
Preterm delivery (< 36 weeks)	1.08 (0.69–1.67)	0.73	1.23 (0.67–2.34)	0.51
Hospitalization in the first year of life	0.70 (0.45–1.10)	0.13	0.59 (0.31–1.11)	0.10
Reported asthma	2.35 (1.50–3.69)	< 0.001	1.45 (0.80–2.63)	0.22
Reported eczema	2.22 (1.44–3.42)	< 0.001	1.60 (0.91–2.79)	0.10
Reported seasonal allergy	4.08 (2.50–6.68)	< 0.001	2.90 (1.63–5.18)	< 0.001
Any food allergy	5.56 (3.21–9.62)	< 0.001	4.58 (2.19–9.57)	< 0.001
> 1 annual ear infection requiring antibiotics	1.41 (0.95–2.09)	0.09	1.04 (0.61–1.80)	0.87
Reported antibiotic allergy	1.54 (0.96–2.48)	0.08	1.77 (0.91–3.48)	0.09
Non-antibiotic drugs in the first year of life	0.70 (0.46–1.04)	0.08	0.48 (0.27–0.87)	0.02
Reported antibiotics in the first year of life	4.48 (1.98–10.1)	< 0.001	4.10 (1.36–12.35)	0.01

CI, confidence interval; EoE, eosinophilic esophagitis.

Bold values represent statistically significant results.