Table 1 |
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Demographic data on the 25 celiac disease patients |
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Variable |
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Female; n |
21 (81%) |
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Age; median (range), years |
49 (21-68) |
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Reason for suspicion of celiac disease at diagnosis |
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Abdominal symptoms |
23 (88%) |
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Anemia or malabsorption |
16 (62%) |
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Extraintestinal manifestations* |
9 (35%) |
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Screening in risk groups of celiac disease† |
1 (4%) |
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Duration of gluten free diet; median (range), years |
11 (2-34) |
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Family history of celiac disease, n |
8 (31%) |
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*tooth enamel hypoplasia, hypothyreosis, growth delay † family history of celiac disease |
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Lähdeaho et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2011 11:129 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-11-129 |
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