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Table 5 Correlations between CHQ-PF28 scale scores and allergy-associated parameters. Spearman correlation coefficients with statistical significance between PhS, PsS, PE, PT, FA and FC1 and number of offending food items, food-induced reactions, allergic diseases, additional allergies/hypersensitivities and years of age.

From: Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents' perceptions

  

HRQL

  

Child

Parent

Family

  

PhS

PsS

PE

PT

FA

FC

Offending food items (range 1–6)

rho

p

-.397

0.000

.225

0.010

  

-.173

0.047

 

Types of food reactions (range 1–6)

rho

p

-.245

0.005

.188

0.031

   

.190

0.028

Allergic diseases (range 0–3)

rho

p

-.500

0.000

 

-.319

0.000

-.280

0.001

-.354

0.000

 

Additional allergies/hypersensitivity (range 0–8)

rho

p

-.475

0.000

 

-.178

0.040

-.290

0.001

-.261

0.002

 

Years of age (range 8–19)

rho

p

    

.189

0.028

 
  1. 1 CHQ-PF28 health scales: PhS = Physical Summary score; PsS = Psychosocial Summary score; PE = Parental impact-Emotional; PT = Parental impact-Time; FA = Family impact-Activities; FC = Family impact-Cohesion [28].
  2. 2 Positive correlation coefficients, shown in italics, indicate a positive relationship, i.e. the higher the number of offending food items/types of food reactions/years of age, the higher the HRQL scores.