Risk of fracture in celiac disease: Gender, dietary compliance, or both?

Table 2 Clinical characteristics and fracture history of celiac disease patients according to gender

	Female	Male	P value
No. of patients	223	42
Median age (yr), range	42 (18-62)	35 (18-66)	0.04
Age at diagnosis (yr), median (range)	31 (1-80)	19 (1-52)	0.003
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)	22.5 ± 0.5	23.7 ± 0.6	0.01
Person-years before diagnosis	6380	647
Person-years after diagnosis	2371	444
Total no. of fractures	57	32	0.0001
Total no. of cases with at least one fracture	42	19	0.0005
No. of patients with at least one fracture before diagnosis	29	11	0.05
No. of patients with at least one fracture after diagnosis	13	8	0.01
Age at first fracture before diagnosis (yr), median (range)	14 (2-61)	10 (6-32)	0.04
Age at first fracture after diagnosis (yr), median (range)	54 (5-75)	13 (5-60)
Type of trauma producing first fracture (No. of cases)
Mild	20	7
Moderate	18	6
Severe/sportive	4	6