Research Article

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Celiac Disease: From the Perspectives of Children and Parents

Figure 1

When assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), using the DISABKIDS test, the children who received the diagnosis celiac disease before the age of five ( ) (<5, open boxes) scored higher in the total test, as well as in the domains mental and social health, as compared to children who were five years or older at the time of diagnosis ( ) (5–14, filled boxes). Box plot shows the median and 25th and 75th percentiles. Error bars represent 10th and 90th percentiles. ** ; * ; ns: not significant.
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