A gluten-free diet effectively reduces symptoms and health care consumption in a Swedish celiac disease population

Table 1 Characteristics of celiac disease subjects

	n	%	Mean	Median	Quartile
	n	%	Mean	Median	1st	3rd
Participants	1,031
Males/Females	495/536	48/52
Age when responding (years)	1,031		52	53	36	67
Age at diagnosis (years)	945		39	41	27	53
Duration of celiac disease diagnosis (years)^a	945		10	13	5	19
Compliance with a gluten-free diet	1,025
Strict/Non-strict	979/46	96/4

^a Members were invited based on entrance to society latest 1^st of April 2009. Duration of celiac disease diagnosis was calculated as years ahead of 2009 that respondent was diagnosed.

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