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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2015 Nov 11;169:44–48.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.024

Table 4.

Demographic and clinical data at enrollment for children without T1D TG+ and TG− serologic evidence of celiac disease.

No-T1D, TG+ (n=71) No-T1D, TG− (n=70) P-value
Sex (%males) 27 (38%) 34 (49%) 0.21
Age (y) 13.7 ± 3.3 14.1 ± 3.1 0.50
Height z-score 0.41 ± 1.07 0.22 ± 1.20 0.33
Weight z-score 0.27 ± 1.05 0.17 ± 1.37 0.61
BMI z-score 0.08 ± 1.06 0.08 ± 1.14 0.98
Vitamin D 25OH (ng/mL) 34 ± 8 33 ± 9 0.44
Ferritin (ng/mL) 34 (29–40) 35 (30–42) 0.79
Urine N-Telopeptides 182 (147–224) 174 (138–220) 0.79
(nmol BCE/mmol creat)
BMD L1-L4 z-score −0.15 ± 1.08 −0.04 ± 1.13 0.58
Low BMD 3 (4%) 2 (3%) 1.0000*
Symptoms 25 (36%) 14 (20%) 0.038

Data are presented as mean ± SD, geometric mean and 95% CI or frequency (%).

*

Fisher Exact P-value due to cell sizes < 5.

Low BMD defined by BMD L1-L4 z-score (for age and gender) of ≤ −2 SD.