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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of factors predicting a reduced health-related quality of life as measured by the SF-12, in children and adolescents with CD

From: Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with celiac disease: survey of a population from central Italy

Synthesized indexes

Independent variables

Odds ratio

95% CI

β

p

PCS12

Gender

0.79

0.26-2.41

0.23

0.68

Age groups

1.03

0.41-2.55

0.03

0.96

Age at diagnosis

1.05

0.42-2.63

0.05

0.92

Symptoms

    

Compliance

1.04

0.29-3.78

0.04

0.95

Difficulty in compliance

1.80

0.29-3.78

0.04

0.95

Duration of disease

    

Previous misdiagnoses

1.14

0.45-2.86

0.13

0.78

Delay in making the diagnosis

    

MCS12

Gender

1.27

0.53-3.07

0.24

0.59

Age groups

0.79

0.37-1.72

0.23

0.56

Age at diagnosis

0.98

0.45-2.14

0.02

0.96

Symptoms

    

Compliance

0.91

0.30-2.74

0.10

0.87

Difficulty in compliance

1.55

0.68-3.55

0.44

0.30

Duration of disease

    

Previous misdiagnoses

1.07

0.49-2.31

0.06

0.87

Delay in making the diagnosis