Research Article
Predictors of Compliance to Gluten-Free Diet in Children with Celiac Disease
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the study group.
| Parameters | Compliant group | Noncompliant group | value |
| Number | 88 (65.67%) | 46 (34.33%) | | Median age (yrs) | 6 yrs. (range 2.5–14.5 yrs.) | 8 yrs. (range 2.5–15 yrs.) | 0.002 | Sex | | | | Male | 51 (62.96%) | 30 (37.04%) | 0.528 | Female | 37 (69.8%) | 16 (30.2%) | | Age group | | | | a >2–5 yrs | 41 (75.92%) | 13 (24.08%) | | b >5–9 yrs | 35 (68.62%) | 16 (31.38%) | 0.006 | c >9–15 yrs | 12 (41.37%) | 17 (58.63%) | | Father’s education | | | | Up to 8th | 25 (56.82%) | 19 (43.18%) | 0.248 | 10 to nongraduate | 32 (66.67%) | 16 (33.33%) | | Graduate and post graduate | 31 (73.81%) | 11 (26.19%) | | Mother’s education | | | | Up to 8th | 41 (53.25%) | 36 (46.75%) | 0.001 | 10 to nongraduate | 32 (78.05%) | 9 (21.95%) | | Graduate and post graduate | 15 (93.75%) | 1 (6.25%) | | Type of Family | | | | Joint | 35 (56.45%) | 27 (43.54%) | 0.05 | Nuclear | 53 (73.61%) | 19 (26.38%) | | Per Capita income per month | | | | Up to 2000 Rs | 51 (60.71%) | 31 (39.29%) | 0.215 | 2000-up to 5000 Rs | 35 (72.92%) | 13 (27.08%) | | >5000 Rs | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
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