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Table 2 Patients with symptoms today , also presenting for patients asymptomatic pre-treatment

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

Symptom

All

Asymptomatica

nb

%b

na

nb

%b

Abdominal pain (n = 918)

81

8.8

432

14

3.2*

Flatulence (n = 897)

189

21

324

46

14*

Hard stool (n = 879)

95

11

708

43

6.1*

Soft stool (n = 926)

130

14

423

24

5.7*

Fatigue (n = 927)

202

22

349

42

12*

Weight loss (n = 903)

35

3.8

539

11

2.0*

Mood swings (n = 903)

56

6.2

689

13

1.9*

Depression (n = 913)

63

6.9

673

13

1.9*

Headache (n = 894)

77

8.6

742

21

2.8*

Joint pain (n = 897)

126

14

756

48

6.3*

Body pain (n = 897)

105

12

758

43

5.7*

Heartburn (n = 891)

51

5.7

691

16

2.3*

Nausea (n = 898)

26

2.9

762

12

1.6*

Vomiting (n = 910)

8

0.8

840

6

0.7

Skin rash (n = 898)

74

8.2

763

26

3.4*

Mouth ulcer (n = 904)

21

2.3

820

10

1.2*

Hair loss (n = 880)

20

2.3

843

9

1.1*

  1. a Not reporting specific symptom pre-treatment.
  2. b Reporting symptom today.
  3. * Asymptomatic patients report fewer problems with symptom than symptomatic patients today.
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