Table 4.
Comparison of T1D children with and without celiac disease
| Study variables mean (± SD) |
Celiac disease |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (12) | No (94) | ||
| Age (year) |
9.2 (2.5) |
8.5(2.9) |
0.38 |
| Age at Diagnosis of T1DM (year) |
6.6(2.5) |
6.3(3.0) |
0.80 |
| Female gender (%) |
11(92%) |
51 (54%) |
0.014* |
| Duration of T1DM (year) |
2.7(2.5) |
2.1(2.1) |
0.38 |
| Weight(Z-score) |
0.04(0.5) |
−0.005(1.0) |
0.88 |
| Height (Z-score) |
0.18(0.56) |
−0.02(1.0) |
0.50 |
| HbA1c |
11.02(2.3) |
10.7(2.5) |
0.66 |
| Hemoglobin (gm/dl) |
12.5(1.0) |
13.1(1.0) |
0.08 |
| BMI (%) |
16.9(2.5) |
16.5(3.6) |
0.76 |
| MCV (fl) |
75.9(6.9) |
79.1(5.1) |
0.05 |
| MCH (pg) |
25.2(2.6) |
26.4(2.0) |
0.05 |
| Serum iron (normal 9–30.4 μmol/L) |
8.5 (3.7) |
12.5(5.4) |
0.014* |
| Serum calcium (normal 2.2 –2.7 mmol/L) |
2.3(0.07) |
2.3(0.16) |
0.61 |
|
Autoimmune disease |
|
|
|
| Yes (%) | 2 (16.7) | 8(8.5) | 0.31 |
T1DM= Type 1 diabetes; HbA1c= glycoselated hemoglobin; *= statistically significant result, -ve= negative; +ve= positive.