Effect of B vitamin supplementation on plasma homocysteine levels in celiac disease

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with celiac disease and healthy controls

Characteristic	Healthy controls (n = 50)	Celiac disease (n =51)	P1
Median age (range), yr	48 (18-62)	56 (18-63)	0.09
Men, n (%)	22 (44%)	20 (39%)	0.7
Mean body mass index ± SD	25.0 ± 3.6	22.0 ± 2.7	< 0.001
Smoking, n (%)	4 (8.0%)	4 (7.8%)	1.0
Median creatinine clearance (range), mL/min	89.85 (54-124)	76.2 (40-156)	< 0.001

¹Continuous data were compared by Student’s t test (two-sided) and categorical data were compared by Fisher’s exact test (two-sided).