Research Article
Antithyroid Antibodies and Thyroid Function in Pediatric Patients with Celiac Disease
Table 1
Characteristics of pediatric patients with celiac disease.
| CD patients | Thyroid antibodies (+) () | Thyroid antibodies (−) () | |
| Age at diagnosis (year) | | | 0.004 | Gender (male/female) | 0.57 : 1 (4/7) | 0.6 : 1 (21/35) | 1.00 | Weight | | | | <3rd percentile | 6 (54.5%) | 29 (51.7%) | 1.00 | >3rd percentile | 5 (45.4%) | 27 (48.2%) | 0.82 | Height | | | | <3rd percentile | 6 (54.5%) | 27 (48.2%) | 0.75 | >3rd percentile | 5 (45.4%) | 29 (51.7%) | 0.70 | Clinical presentation | | | | Typical | 9 (81.8%) | 32 (57.1%) | 0.18 | Atypical | 2 (18.1%) | 24 (42.8%) | 0.12 | Compliance to GFD | | | | Compliant | 7 (63.6%) | 30 (53.5%) | 0.74 | Noncompliant | 4 (36.3%) | 26 (46.4%) | 0.54 | Duration of follow-up | | | 0.31 | Laboratory findings | | | | TSH (mU/L) | | | 0.95 | FT4 (ng/dL) | | | 0.58 | FT3 (pmol/L) | | | 0.61 |
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GFD: gluten-free diet; TSH: thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone); FT4: free thyroxine; FT3: free triiodothyronine. is statistically significant.
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