TABLE 7.

Pearson correlations between participant’s biopsy morphometries and sucrase activities.

	Unadjusted correlation (r)	P	Adjusted correlation (r)a	P
SA vs. VH	0.565	0.070	0.724	0.042*
SA vs. CD	-0.041	0.904	-0.255	0.542
SA vs. VH/CD	0.455	0.159	0.701	0.053
SA vs. ESA	0.702	0.016*	0.584	0.128

^aAdjusted for Age, Sex and Body Mass Index (BMI). SA, Sucrase activity [Units/biopsy wet weight (mg)]; VH, Villous height; CD, Crypt depth; ESA, epithelial surface area. *Significant correlation (P < 0.05).