Presentation and treatment of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in Busan and Gyeongnam, Korea: A multicenter study

Table 4 Factors associated with the clinical outcomes of patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis

Variable	OR	95%CI	P value
Age (years)	1.01	0.95-1.07	0.859
Male sex	12.69	1.25-128.49	0.032
Allergic disease (yes vs no)	2.58	0.24-27.82	0.436
Disease location (reference: Gastroduodenitis)
Enterocolitis	2.81	0.39-19.98	0.303
Gastroenterocolitis	2.53	0.15-42.11	0.518
Steroid use (yes vs no)	1.84	0.30-11.50	0.512
PPI use (yes vs no)	3.33	0.35-31.51	0.295
Endoscopic findings (abnormal vs normal)	0.40	0.03-4.70	0.467

Clinical response, defined as achievement of symptomatic improvement following initial treatment, was used as the dependent variable in the multivariate logistic regression. OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; PPI: Proton pump inhibitor.