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Table 2 Comparison of BMI between girls and boys without celiac disease (CD) and girls and boys with screening-detected celiac disease

From: Body mass index is not a reliable tool in predicting celiac disease in children

Groups, n (%)

No CD

CD

P-valuea

Girls

5932 (48.5)

137 (57.3)

 

Age- and sex-adjusted BMI

   

  <18.5 kg/m2

391 (6.6)

3 (2.2)

 

  18.5-24.9 kg/m2

4376 (73.8)

115 (83.9)

 

  ≥25 kg/m2

1165 (19.6)

19 (13.9)

0.02*

Boys

6295 (51.5)

102 (42.7)

 

Age- and sex-adjusted BMI

   

  <18.5 kg/m2

250 (4.0)

7 (6.9)

 

  18.5-24.9 kg/m2

4530 (72.0)

81 (79.4)

 

  ≥25 kg/m2

1515 (24.0)

14 (13.7)

0.03*

  1. aStatistical significance defined as P ≤ 0.05 and marked with *.