The impact on quality of life on families of children on an elimination diet for Non-immunoglobulin E mediated gastrointestinal food allergies

Table 4 QoL differences between children with intestinal failure and non-IgE mediated allergy

	Intestinal failure		Non-IgE mediated cohort			Between cohorts	Statistical significance
	Mean	St Dev	n	Mean		mean difference	p value
TOTAL Average	61.3	17.32	100	53.92	21.86	−7.38	0.1332
Average QoL	63.48	15.64	100	55.07	22.58	−8.41	0.0931
Physical	62.34	17.83	99	50.56	25.79	−11.78	0.0401*
Emotional	64.13	19.23	100	53.05	23.98	−11.08	0.0409*
Social	60.05	26.96	100	57.96	27.63	−2.09	0.7431
Cognitive	66.96	21.78	100	60.13	24.26	−6.83	0.2176
Communication	64.49	26.97	100	54.08	28.17	−10.41	0.1099
Worry	61.74	21.25	100	47.91	24.3	−13.83	0.0132*
FAMILY Average	57.61	20.09	99	54.95	25.76	−2.66	0.6442
Daily Activities	46.38	29.92	99	44.02	31.36	−2.36	0.7436
Family Relationships	64.35	20.69	98	61.53	27.18	−2.82	0.6419

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