[Table/Fig-7]:
Comparison of histological parameters between celiac disease and other groups.
| Sl. No. | Compared groups | Villous architecture | Crypt architecture | Villous atrophy | IEL count* | Villous tip IEL count** | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | ||
| 1 | CD Vs NCDC | <0.001 | 3.286 | <0.001 | 588 | <0.001 | 3.286 | <0.001 | 1.421 | <0.001 | 17.792 |
| 2 | CD Vs NSD | <0.001 | # | <0.001 | # | <0.001 | # | <0.001 | 2 | <0.001 | 0.052 |
| 3 | CD Vs AiD | <0.001 | 6.333 | <0.001 | # | <0.001 | 6.333 | <0.001 | 3.286 | <0.001 | 28 |
CD- Celiac disease, NCDC- Non celiac disease conditions, AiD- Autoimmune duodenitis, NSD- Non specific duodenitis, NAiD-Non autoimmune duodenitis. IEL-Intraepithelial lymphocyte.
*Per 100 enterocytes
**Per 20 villous tip enterocytes.
OR- Odds ratio
# -Risk estimate statistics cannot be computed as two cells have value as 0