Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Variables	Celiac disease	Fecal controls	Mucosal controls
Number of children	40	20	19
Sex (% male sex)	28%	35%	42%
Age at presentation in years: median (range)	10.3 (7.5–15.7)	11.3 (6.8 -15.4)	10.6 (2–17.2)
Breastfeeding (%)		85%	68%
Clinical presentation
Asymptomatic	15 (38%)	20 (100%)	0 (0%)
Anemia	11 (28%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)
Diarrhea/A. distention	7 (18%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Growth impairment	10 (25%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)
Abdominal pain	10 (25%)	0 (0%)	10 (53%)
Constipation	8 (20%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Vomiting	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (16%)
Dysphagia	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (21%)