Table 1. Study population characteristics.
| Children | Adults | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Controls | Celiac patients | All | Controls | Celiac patients | ||
| No. | 112 | 72 | 40 | 60 | 31 | 29 | |
| Age | AVG | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 38 | 35 |
| SD | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
| Range | 1–17 | 1–17 | 1–17 | 18–79 | 18–79 | 18–65 | |
| Median | 6 | 7 | 6a | 32 | 35 | 31b | |
| Gender | Males | 57 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Females | 55 | 35 | 20 | 45 | 22 | 23 | |
| Marsh | I/II | 5 | |||||
| III/IV | 35 | ||||||
Abbreviations: AVG, average; SD, standard deviation.
a
No significant difference between controls and patients, P<0.8.
b
No significant difference between controls and patients, P<0.5.