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. 2020 Dec 2;12(12):3723. doi: 10.3390/nu12123723

Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants.

Variable Healthy Siblings
(n = 17)
Celiac Children
(n = 17)
p-Value
Age (years) 11.25 (4.23) 9.39 (2.77) 0.145
Sex (female, n [%]) 10 (58.8) 13 (76.4) 0.271
Weight (kg) 38.54 (16.9) 30 (9.63) 0.082
Height (cm) 140.66 (20.32) 131.2 (19.56) 0.178
BMI (kg/m2) 18.5 (3.98) 17 (1.58) 0.166
Moderate physical activity (min/week) 69.64 (37) 81.4 (56.9) 0.52
Mediterranean Diet adherence n (%)
Low 1 (5.9) 1 (5.9)
Medium 8 (47.1) 7 (41.2) 0.936
High 7 (41.2) 8 (47.1)
Diet
Less than 12 months on a GFD 5
More than 12 months on a GFD 12
HLA DR-DQ genotype
Negative 5 0
HLA-DQ2+ 11 14
HLA DQ8+ 0 0
HLA-DQ2+DQ8+ 1 3

SD: standard deviation; Values shown as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated; MD: Mediterranean Diet; and GFD: gluten-free diet.