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Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric data of the children with celiac disease

From: Evaluation of malnutrition status and clinical indications in children with celiac disease: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Range

Celiac patients

Age

2–18

9.55 ± 3.72 [9.16–9.93]a

Age at diagnosis

1–17.33

8.00 (5.00) [7.84–8.55]

TGA-IgAb (U/ml)

0.9–972

59.80 (114.75) [98.04–142.80]

Height (cm)

79–180

130.12 ± 20.51 [128.00–132.25]

Weight (kg)

8.10–103.30

25.10 (17.85) [26.97–29.70]

BMI (kg/m2)

11.23–38.41

15.08 (3.28) [15.52–16.12]

Height percentile

< 0–98

22.00 (41) [27.95–33.52]

Weight percentile

< 0–99

13.00 (34) [20.66–25.94]

BMI percentile

< 0–99

19.00 (44) [25.11–30.79]

Height z-score

−5.18 - 2.02

−0.75 ± 1.11 [− 0.87 - − 0.64]

Weight z-score

−4.73 - 2.29

−1.12 ± 1.21 [− 1.25 - − 0.99]

BMI z-score

−6.25 - 2.19

−0.96 ± 1.28 [− 1.09 - − 0.83]

  1. BMI body mass index, TGA-IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase
  2. aContinuous data with normal distribution are expressed as means ± SDs [95% confidence interval] and continuous data with skewed distribution as median (IQR) [95% confidence interval]
  3. bTGA-IgA levels higher than 100 U/mL as an indicator of the CD diagnosis