Table 1 Main demographic and clinical characteristics of children cohorts
Healthy subjects | No. 200 |
Group 1 | No. 100 |
Age in years, mean | 5.4 |
Age categories, number (percentage) | |
1–5 y | 59 (59 %) |
6–15 y | 41 (41 %) |
Female, number (percentage) | 43 (43 %) |
Diagnosis, number (percentage) | |
Tonsils/ Adenoids hypertrophy | 100 (100 %) |
Group 2a | No. 100 |
Age in years, mean | 1.9 |
Age categories, number (percentage) | |
0–4 y | 100 (100 %) |
Female, number (percentage) | 70 (70 %) |
Diagnosis, number (percentage) | |
Enterovirus | 10 (10 %) |
Norovirus | 20 (20 %) |
Autoimmune children | No. 40 |
Age in years, mean | 8.5 |
Age categories, number (percentage) | |
1–5 y | 11 (27.5 %) |
6–15 y | 29 (72.5 %) |
Female, number (percentage) | 23 (57.5 %) |
Diagnosis, number (percentage) | |
Crohn Disease | 13 (32.5 %) |
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) | 20 (50.0 %) |
Ulcerative Rectocolitis | 7 (17.5 %) |