Predictors of Compliance to Gluten-Free Diet in Children with Celiac Disease

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study group.

Parameters	Compliant group	Noncompliant group	value
Number	88 (65.67%)	46 (34.33%)
Median age (yrs)	6 yrs. (range 2.5–14.5 yrs.)	8 yrs. (range 2.5–15 yrs.)	0.002
Sex
Male	51 (62.96%)	30 (37.04%)	0.528
Female	37 (69.8%)	16 (30.2%)
Age group
a >2–5 yrs	41 (75.92%)	13 (24.08%)
b >5–9 yrs	35 (68.62%)	16 (31.38%)	0.006
c >9–15 yrs	12 (41.37%)	17 (58.63%)
Father’s education
Up to 8th	25 (56.82%)	19 (43.18%)	0.248
10 to nongraduate	32 (66.67%)	16 (33.33%)
Graduate and post graduate	31 (73.81%)	11 (26.19%)
Mother’s education
Up to 8th	41 (53.25%)	36 (46.75%)	0.001
10 to nongraduate	32 (78.05%)	9 (21.95%)
Graduate and post graduate	15 (93.75%)	1 (6.25%)
Type of Family
Joint	35 (56.45%)	27 (43.54%)	0.05
Nuclear	53 (73.61%)	19 (26.38%)
Per Capita income per month
Up to 2000 Rs	51 (60.71%)	31 (39.29%)	0.215
2000-up to 5000 Rs	35 (72.92%)	13 (27.08%)
>5000 Rs	2 (100%)	0 (0%)