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Table 2 General characteristics of the participants in the fecal microbiota analysis (n = 22)

From: Enteric parasitic infection disturbs bacterial structure in Mexican children with autoantibodies for type 1 diabetes and/or celiac disease

 

Infected with enteropathogenic parasites, (n = 18)

Non-infected with enteropathogenic parasites (n = 4)

Sex (F/M)

12/6

4/0

Age (years ± SD)

9.88 ± 2.10

10 ± 0.81

BMI (kg/m2 ± SD)

17.7 ± 3.58

21.36 ± 10.75

Haplotype

 HLA DQ2

9

2

 HLA DQ8

3

0

 Other risk genotypea

6

2

Autoanti-bodies (positives/n)

 Anti-IAA

15/18

3/4

 Anti-GAD

1/18

0/4

 Anti-IA2

1/18

0/4

 Anti-Gd

5/18

1/4

 Anti-TG

3/18

1/4

T1D diagnosis (n)

1

0

CD diagnosis (n)

1

1

Diet

 Energy (kcal/d ± SD)

1636.3 ± 444.4

1746.7 ± 598.3

 Carbohydrates (% ± SD)

57.0 ± 8.6

61.6 ± 14.6

 Proteins (% ± SD)

12.3 ± 3.7

11.2 ± 2.9

 Lipids (% ± SD)

32.5 ± 6.5

28.9 ± 14.2

  1. Independent samples t tests were performed, p ≤ 0.05. No significant differences were found between groups
  2. F female, M male, SD standard deviation, n sample size, T1D type 1 diabetes, CD celiac disease
  3. aParticipants with one or two HLA risk alleles (DQA1 0501, DQB1 0201, DQA1 0301, DQB1 0302)
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