Table 5. Environmental factors during early life among patients and controls.
| Risk factor | Cases No. (%) |
Control No. (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infections | |||
| No Measles Varicella Pertussis Mumps |
62 (64.6) 13 (13.5) 13 (13.5) 6 (6.3) 2 (2.1) |
258 (86.3) 14 (4.7) 21 (7) 2 (0.7) 4 (1.3) |
<0.01 |
| Diseases | |||
| No Thyroid disease Celiac disease * Rhinitis Conjunctivitis Asthma Eczema |
48 (50) 2 (2.1) 0 0 25 (26) 6 (6.3) 7 (7.3) 8 (8.3) |
243 (81.4) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 26 (8.7) 9 (3) 9 (3) 10 (3.3) |
<0.01 |
* p-value was not assessed for celiac disease