Table 2.
Relationship between anti-tTGIgA and degree of villous atrophy in children with newly diagnosed CD
| Anti-fTGIgA | Degree of Villains atrophy in histological picture of intestinal mucosa biopsy | dl | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV° | III/IV° | III° | II° | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | |
| positive | 27 | 90.00 | 4 | 66.67 | 5 | 100.00 | – | – | 36 |
| borderline | 1 | 3.33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| negative | 2 | 6.67 | 2 | 33.33 | – | – | 1 | 100.00 | 5 |
| all | 30 | 100.00 | 6 | 100.00 | 5 | 100.00 | 1 | 42 | |
Chi2 = 11.8144 (p = 0.0663)
Contingency coefficient = 0.4686
γcorrelation = 0.1970 (p = 0.5136)
Spearman's rank correlation = 0.1727 (p = 0 2741)