Table 8.
Anthropometric characteristics of celiac and non-celiac children and adolescents.
| Total Sample | Boys | Girls | Children (4–12 Years) |
Adolescents (13–18 Years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celiac (n = 70) |
Non-Celiac (n = 67) |
Celiac (n = 35) |
Non-Celiac (n = 41) |
Celiac (n = 35) |
Non-Celiac (n = 26) |
Celiac (n = 56) |
Non-Celiac (n = 46) |
Celiac (n = 14) |
Non-Celiac (n = 21) |
|
| Weight (kg) | 34.1 (23.9–46.9) | 35.9 (28.7–51.5) | 35.3 (27.5–52.1) | 34.3 (28.3–54.3) | 33.4 (22.1–45.9) | 38.4 (30.4–49.0) | 31.6 (22.5–38.3) | 31.1 (25.4–37.6) | 55.0 (48.1–59.7) | 56.4 (49.2–72.7) |
| Height (cm) | 139.9 (123.8–155.4) | 141.8 (128.0–159.6) | 139.7 (126.4–156.0) | 141.8 (127.9–161.0) | 140.1 (115.5–155.0) | 142.9 (128.2–158.7) | 137.5 (119.1–145.9) | 134.4 (122.9–142.7) | 163.8 (159.1–173.0) | 161.4 (158.9–170.7) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 17.0 (15.7–19.2) | 18.5 (15.8–21.2) | 17.1 (16.0–19.7) | 19.1 (16.0–21.9) | 16.9 (15.5–18.7) | 17.6 (15.7–20.8) | 16.7 (15.4–18.3) | 17.1 (15.3–19.8) | 19.4 (18.3–22.9) | 21.6 (19.3–24.8) |
| Body fat (% of total weight) |
16.3 (12.9–22.5) | 17.0 (13.5–23.3) | 15.2 (11.0–23.3) | 14.5 (12.0–22.8) | 17.6 (14.1–22.4) | 19.1 (15.5–24.9) | 16.1 (13.3–22.4) | 15.9 (12.4–22.8) | 18.2 (10.8–23.3) | 21.5 (14.3–24.1) |
BMI: Body Mass Index = weight (kg)/height (m2). Results are expressed as median and range (P25–P75).