Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Children with Coeliac Disease: Is the Gluten-Free Diet Effective? : Table 1

Table 1: Demographic data of the groups.


	Group 1 EmA (+) (: 26)	Group 2 EmA (−) (: 49)	Control (: 30)

Age (months)	109.6 ± 56.6^d	111.9 ± 55.2^d	116.53 ± 48.58^d
Sex (male/female)	18/26^d	7/49^d	17/30^b,c
Weight (kg)	30.7 ± 13.2^d,e	34.4 ± 14.2^d,f	50.93 ± 13.18^e,f
Height (cm)	122.8 ± 28.3^d,e	126.0 ± 27.5^d,f	158.03 ± 12.75^e,f
Heart rate (beat/minute)	91.0 ± 8.1^d	91.1 ± 15.8^d	91.50 ± 16.11^d
Arterial tension systolic (mmHg)	96.6 ± 7.1^d	94.1 ± 7.4^d	95.33 ± 8.19^d
Arterial tension diastolic (mmHg)	52.1 ± 7.6^d	50.1 ± 6.5^d	52.00 ± 5.19^d
Age at diagnosis (months)	88.6 ± 49.6^d	79.9 ± 49.8^d	—
Mean follow up period (months)	20.6 ± 18.8^a	34.2 ± 28.1^a	—
Hb (g/dl)	12.2 ± 1.8	12.7 ± 1.3	—
MCV (fl)	76.4 ± 7.6^a	80.2 ± 5.9^a	—
MCH	26.0 ± 3.3	27.1 ± 2.4	—
MCHC	33.2 ± 1.7	33.7 ± 1.5	—
RDW	14.6 ± 2.2^a	13.4 ± 2.1^a	—
Ferritin (ng/mL)	17.3 ± 15.4	20.1 ± 16.1	—

^aGroup 1 and group 2 statistically significant ().
^bGroup 1 and control group statistically significant ().
^cGroup 2 and control group statistically significant ().
^dGroup 1 and group 2 statistically not significant ().
^eGroup 1 and control group statistically significant ().
^fGroup 2 and control group statistically significant ().
Hb: hemoglobin, Htc: hematocrit, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, RDW: red blood cell distribution.