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Table 4 Comparison of T1D children with and without celiac disease

From: High prevalence of celiac disease among Saudi children with type 1 diabetes: a prospective cross-sectional study

Study variables mean (± SD)

Celiac disease

p-value

Yes (12)

No (94)

Age (year)

9.2 (2.5)

8.5(2.9)

0.38

Age at Diagnosis of T1DM (year)

6.6(2.5)

6.3(3.0)

0.80

Female gender (%)

11(92%)

51 (54%)

0.014*

Duration of T1DM (year)

2.7(2.5)

2.1(2.1)

0.38

Weight(Z-score)

0.04(0.5)

−0.005(1.0)

0.88

Height (Z-score)

0.18(0.56)

−0.02(1.0)

0.50

HbA1c

11.02(2.3)

10.7(2.5)

0.66

Hemoglobin (gm/dl)

12.5(1.0)

13.1(1.0)

0.08

BMI (%)

16.9(2.5)

16.5(3.6)

0.76

MCV (fl)

75.9(6.9)

79.1(5.1)

0.05

MCH (pg)

25.2(2.6)

26.4(2.0)

0.05

Serum iron (normal 9–30.4 μmol/L)

8.5 (3.7)

12.5(5.4)

0.014*

Serum calcium (normal 2.2 –2.7 mmol/L)

2.3(0.07)

2.3(0.16)

0.61

Autoimmune disease

   

Yes (%)

2 (16.7)

8(8.5)

0.31

  1. T1DM= Type 1 diabetes; HbA1c= glycoselated hemoglobin; *= statistically significant result, -ve= negative; +ve= positive.