Screening for Celiac Disease in Children with Dental Enamel Defects

Table 1

Comparison of different variables between patients with dental enamel defects and controls.

	Children with dental	Normal children (720)	𝑋^2	𝑃
	enamel defects (140)
Males	72 (51.43%)	371 (51.53%)	0.001	𝑃=0.979
Female	68 (48.57%)	349 (48.47%)
Consanguinity	60 (42.86%)	169 (23.47%)	17.71	𝑃<0.0001
No consanguinity	80 (57.14%)	551 (76.53%)
Recurrent GI symptoms	25 (17.86%)	146 (20.28%)	0.37	𝑃=0.541
No	115 (82.14%)	574 (79.72)
Underweight	45 (32.14%)	41 (5.69%)	57.94	𝑃<0.0001
Not underweight	95 (67.86%)	679 (94.31%)
Celiac	25 (17.86%)	7 (0.97%)	36.95	𝑃<0.0001
Nonceliac	115 (82.14%)	713 (99.03%)