Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics in celiac disease (CD) patients and controls.
| CD (#97) |
Controls (#1352) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs), median (range) |
41 (17–84) |
50.5 (16–94) |
n.s. |
| Female, # (%) | 79 (81) | 771 (57) | <0.0001 |
| BMI§ 25–30, # (%) | 4 (4.1) | 63 (4.7) | n.s. |
| Albumin (g/dL), median (range) |
4.3 (3.8–5.1) |
4.6 (4–5.1) |
n.s. |
| Steatosis, # (%) | 36 (37) | 469 (34.6) | n.s. |
| Grades 1, 2, and 3* | 29, 5, 2 | 236, 181, 52 |
§BMI (body mass index) kg/m2.
*Grade 1: attenuation in the posterior segments of the liver; Grade 2: loss of echoes from the diaphragm; Grade 3: loss of echoes from the walls of the portal vein.