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. 2019 Apr 24;14(4):e0214625. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214625

Table 4. Determinants of food allergy knowledge and attitudes (logistic regression with backward selection).

Exposure Outcomes
High allergen-specific knowledge
OR 95% CI
Diner /takeaway vs full service (reference) 0.35 0.16, 0.79
Manager vs waiter (reference) 1.93 1.08, 3.46
High general food allergy knowledge
OR 95% CI
Number of tables 1.03 1.00*, 1.05
Highest school degree vs None/Low/intermediate (reference) 1.98 1.16, 3.37
Not agreeing to be responsible when customers have allergic reaction at the premise
OR 95% CI
Not confident to provide a safe meal vs confident (reference) 1.35 1.05, 1.73
Would not like to serve customers with food allergies
OR 95% CI
Desires further information on food allergies vs not (reference) 0.45 0.23, 0.87
Not confident to provide a safe meal vs confident (reference) 1.37 1.01, 1.84
Belief that many of the customer-reported food allergies are not true
OR 95% CI
Female vs male (reference) 0.57 0.34, 0.96
Not confident to provide a safe meal vs confident (reference) 0.75 0.58, 0.97

Abbreviations: CI = Confidence interval; OR = Odds ratio

* p-value < 0.05