TABLE 4.
Frequency of feelings of isolation by treatment and age for respondents with eosinophilic esophagitis only
| Age <18 |
Age ≥18 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never, infreq., or monthly, n (%) | Weekly or daily, n (%) | P | Never, infreq., or monthly, n (%) | Treatment type | P | |
| PPI | ||||||
| No | 15 (15.0) | 11 (9.2) | 0.19 | 23 (19.5) | 15 (16.0) | 0.51** |
| Yes | 85 (85.0) | 108 (90.8) | 95 (80.5) | 79 (84.0) | ||
| Specific food elimination | ||||||
| No | 14 (12.4) | 8 (6.5) | 0.12 | 51 (40.5) | 19 (19.4) | <0.01 |
| Yes | 99 (87.6) | 116 (93.6) | 75 (59.5) | 79 (80.6) | ||
| Topical/swallowed steroids | ||||||
| No | 21 (21.2) | 31 (26.3) | 0.38 | 35 (30.2) | 29 (31.5) | 0.83 |
| Yes | 78 (78.8) | 87 (73.7) | 81 (69.8) | 63 (68.5) | ||
| Systemic steroids | ||||||
| No | 74 (82.2) | 84 (73.7) | 0.15 | 93 (86.1) | 68 (80.0) | 0.26 |
| Yes | 16 (17.8) | 30 (26.3) | 15 (13.9) | 17 (20.0) | ||
| Mast cell stabilizer agents | ||||||
| No | 57 (66.3) | 68 (58.6) | 0.27 | 77 (72.6) | 56 (63.6) | 0.18 |
| Yes | 29 (33.7) | 48 (41.4) | 29 (27.4) | 32 (36.4) | ||
| Immunomodulatory agents | ||||||
| No | 82 (98.8) | 106 (94.6) | 0.24* | 95 (96.9) | 79 (96.3) | 0.82* |
| Yes | 1 (1.2) | 6 (5.4) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (3.7) | ||
| Elemental diet | ||||||
| No | 88 (76.5) | 81 (64.3) | 0.04 | 123 (95.4) | 87 (87.0) | 0.02 |
| Yes | 27 (23.5) | 45 (35.7) | 6 (4.7) | 13 (13.0) | ||
*
Fisher’s exact test.
**
Proton Pump Inhibitor.