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

Table 2

Parental knowledge and compliance to gluten-free diet.

Question	Response	Compliant (%)	Noncompliant (%)	value
Knows correctly which part is affected	Y	34 (38.64%)	4 (8.70%)	<0.001
	N	54 (61.36%)	42 (91.3%)
Knows mainstay treatment	Y	77 (87.50%)	29 (63.04%)	0.002
	N	11 (12.50%)	17 (36.96%)
Believes occasional transgression is harmful	Y	69 (78.41%)	14 (30.43%)	<0.001
	N	19 (21.59%)	32 (69.57%)
Knows lifelong restriction	Y	40 (45.45%)	9 (19.37%)	0.006
	N	48 (54.55%)	37 (80.43%)
Identifies gluten-free items	a = identifies all 5 items	50 (56.82%)	11 (23.91%)	<0.001
	b = identifies 3-4 items	31 (35.23%)	18 (39.13%)
	c = identifies <3 items	7 (7.95%)	17 (36.96%)
	d = chooses gluten containing food as gluten free	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)