Research Article

Lactose Malabsorption and Lactose Intolerance in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Table 3

Distribution of the incidence of ATH, lactose malabsorption, and lactose intolerance in the studied groups.

CD [43]
(%)
UC [31]
(%)
AP-FGID [33]
(%)

Adult-type hypolactasia11 (25.6%)12 (38.7%)14 (42.4%)0.2

Lactose malabsorption12 (27.9%)7 (22.6%)8 (24.2%)0.8

Lactose intoleranceAll10 (23.2%)7 (22.6%)7 (21.2%)0.9
Primary6 (13.9%)6 (19.4%)5 (15.2%)0.8
Secondary4 (9.3%)1 (3.2%)2 (6%)0.8