Frequency of celiac disease and distribution of HLA-DQ2/DQ8 haplotypes among siblings of children with celiac disease

Table 1 The demographic and laboratory characteristics of celiac patients and their siblings

	Celiac patients, n = 57	Siblings, n = 112	P value
Age (yr)	10.30 ± 3.87	9.90 ± 6.11	0.648
Sex (female/male)	33/24	54/58	0.234
Height (cm)	132.71 ± 20.29	130.27 ± 31.37	0.594
Weight (kg)	30.44 ± 12.82	33.22 ± 19.18	0.325
Hb (g/dL)	11.65 ± 3.87	12.71 ± 1.56	< 0.001
tTG IgA (U/mL)	108.65 ± 60.61	17.24 ± 41.14	< 0.001
Total IgA (mg/dL)	155.43 ± 78.44	124.33 ± 71.47	0.014

Hb: Hemoglobin; tTG: Tissue transglutaminase antibody.