Oxidative and Antioxidative Status of Children with Celiac Disease Treated with a Gluten Free-Diet

Table 1

Characteristics of the studied children.

Variables	Children with CD ()	Healthy controls ()	value
Age (years)^+	13.8 (10.4–16.5)	12.4 (8.4–14.4)	0.089
Treatment with gluten-free diet (years)^++	7.6 (3.3)	—	—
Weight (kg)^+	43.2 (28.3–52.5)	42.2 (36.9–59.8)	0.144
Height (cm)^++	153.8 (19.1)	153.5 (17.2)	0.952
BMI (kg/m^2)^++	17.3 (3.4)	19.6 (2.4)	0.006
BMI z-score^+	−0.7 (−1.0 to −0.3)	0.4 (−0.4–1.0)	0.0001

⁺Data are presented as median value and interquartile ranges (1Q–3Q). ⁺⁺Data are presented as mean value and standard deviation (SD). Statistically significant differences (). BMI: body mass index; BMI z-score: a normalized relative weight indicator independent of age and sex.