Table 2.
Sample characteristics in studies with celiac patients.
| Scientific publication | <18 years | >18 years | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Bode et al. [25] | 7 | 15 | No | ||
| Bardella et al. [26] | 31 | 127 | No | ||
| Gonzalez et al. [27] | 32 | 85 | |||
| Rea et al. [28] | 8 | 15 | No | ||
| Mautalen et al. [29] | 5 | 9 | No | ||
| Smecuol et al. [30] | 1 | 24 | No | ||
| Dickey and Bodkin [31] | 35 | 15 | No | ||
| Lorenzo et al. [32] | 12 | 31 | 30 | ||
| Bardella et al. [18] | 14 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 52 |
| Barera et al. [23] | 20 | 51 | 142 | ||
| Capristo et al. [9] | 16 | 23 | 63 | ||
| Fabiani et al. [33] | 26 | 18 | No | ||
| Carbone et al. [10] | 15 | 33 | 41 | ||
| Zipser et al. [34] | 748 | 248 | No | ||
| West et al. [35] | 2649∗ | 17925 | |||
| Capristo et al. [36] | 18 | 22 | |||
| Dickey and Kearney [37] | 114 | 257 | No | ||
| West et al. [38] | 57 | 30 | No | ||
| Capristo et al. [20] | 17 | 9 | No | ||
| Cheng et al. [39] | 248 | 121 | No | ||
| Duerksen and Leslie [40] | 6 | 37 | 233 | ||
| Reilly et al. [41] | 60 | 82 | No | ||
| Kabanni et al. [42] | 166 | 513 | No | ||
| Passananti et al. [21] | 95 | No | |||
| Brambilla et al. [11] | 103 | 47 | 288 | ||
| Valente [43] | 8 | 12 | 39 | ||
| Kurpaa et al. [44] | 40∗ | No | |||
| Silva et al. [45] | 23 | 8 | 31 | ||
| Churruca et al. [46] | 54 | No | |||
| Totais | 212 | 231 | 1513 | 1725 | 18975 |
The data was separated in children and adolescents (<18 years) and adults (>18 years), subdivided by sex, male (M) and female (F). Control: the presence of a control groups. ∗Sex data not informed. These values were not included in stratification by sex.