Table 1.
Seropositivity rates of the different patient groups*
| |
IgA-anti-TG1 |
IgA-anti-TG2 |
IgA-anti-TG3 |
IgA-anti-DGP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | |
|
AD |
6 |
291 |
0 |
297 |
9 |
288 |
7 |
290 |
|
(n = 297) |
(2%) |
(98%) |
|
(100%) |
(3%) |
(97%) |
(2%) |
(98%) |
|
AD + CD |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
(n = 5) |
(40%) |
(60%) |
(80%) |
(20%) |
|
(100%) |
(60%) |
(40%) |
|
CD |
10 |
18 |
27 |
1 |
5 |
23 |
24 |
4 |
|
(n = 28) |
(36%) |
(64%) |
(96%) |
(4%) |
(18%) |
(82%) |
(86%) |
(14%) |
|
Controls |
2 |
50 |
1 |
51 |
2 |
50 |
2 |
50 |
|
(n = 52) |
(4%) |
(96%) |
(2%) |
(98%) |
(4%) |
(96%) |
(4%) |
(96%) |
| AD vs controls p = 0.340 |
AD vs controls p = 0.14 |
AD vs controls p = 0.671 |
AD vs controls p = 0.628 |
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| AD vs CD p = 0** |
AD vs CD p = 0 |
AD vs CD p < 0.005 |
AD vs CD p = 0 |
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| AD vs ADCD p = 0.006 |
AD vs ADCD p = 0 |
AD vs ADCD p = 1 |
AD vs ADCD p < 0.005 |
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| ADCD vs controls p = 0.035 |
ADCD vs controls p < 0.005 |
ADCD vs controls p = 1 |
ADCD vs controls p < 0.005 |
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| ADCD vs CD p = 1 |
ADCD vs CD p = 0.284 |
ADCD vs CD p = 0.569 |
ADCD vs CD p = 0.216 |
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| CD vs controls p < 0.005 | CD vs controls p = 0 | CD vs controls p = 0.048 | CD vs controls p = 0 | |||||
*Children with low serum IgA were excluded.
**p values marked in bold are statistically significant.