Table 2.

Association between clinical characteristics and growth disturbance at diagnosis in 530 children with celiac disease

	n a	Growth failure, %	Odds ratio	95 % CI	P value
Gender
Boys	194	33.5	1
Girls	336	34.8	1.06	0.73 - 1.54	0.759
Age at diagnosis, years
<3	74	66.2	4.32	2.49 - 7.48	<0.001
3-7	203	26.6	0.80	0.53 - 1.20	0.281
8-17	253	31.2	1
Year of diagnosis
<2000	114	48.2	3.11	1.82 - 5.35	<0.001
2000-09	277	34.3	1.75	1.10 - 2.78	0.019
2010-13	139	23.0	1
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
No	475	33.7	1
Yes	41	24.4	0.64	0.30 - 1.33	0.228
Thyroid disease
No	502	32	1
Yes	13	54	2.45	0.81 - 7.40	0.113
No	474	32.9	1
Yes	42	33.3	1.02	0.52 - 1.99	0.956
History of allergy
No	393	34.9	1
Yes	125	28.0	0.73	0.47 - 1.13	0.157
Other concomitant chronic diseaseb
No	202	29.7	1
Yes	315	35.6	1.31	0.89 - 1.91	0.169
First-degree relative with celiac disease
No	157	35.7	1
Yes	140	26.4	0.65	0.39 - 1.07	0.087

^aData available

^bE.g. epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, psychiatric disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, congenital heart disease, immune deficiency