Anti-Transglutaminase 6 Antibodies in Children and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Table 2

Correlation between indicators of feeding problems and immunity to TG6 and to AGA analysed previously (𝑛=99)* [6].

	AGA positive 41/99* (41%)	AGA negative 58/99* (59%)	𝑃 value	TG6  antibody positive 12/96 (12.5%)	TG6 antibody negative 84/96 (87.5%)	𝑃 value
Weight	−1.960 SD	−1.00 SD	𝑃=0.016	−1.917 SD	−1.304 SD	𝑃=0.318
BMI	−1.175 SD	−0.136 SD	𝑃=0.006	−0.528 SD	−0.537 SD	𝑃=0.987
PEG 𝑛=13	10/13	3/13	𝑃=0.005	2/13	11/13	𝑃=0.664
GERD 𝑛=11	6/11	5/11	𝑃=0.348	3/10^♦	7/10^♦	𝑃=0.111

∗90 children age < 18 year were published in the referred paper. Here we have calculated with the whole cohort, 𝑛=99, since we have the data available.
♦1 missing for analysis of TG6-antibodies.
SD: weight ± standard deviation (SD), also referred to as weight 𝑧-scores, standardized to the Swedish general population by age and sex and based on 3,650 healthy children [20]. GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease; PEG: percutan endoscopic gastrostomy; AGA: IgA and IgG gliadin antibodies TG6: transglutaminase 6.