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

Table 3 Health care consumption pre-treatment and today

Disease			Pre-treatment			Today			p^a
Disease		n	Mean	Median	SD	Mean	Median	SD	p^a
All
	Health care visits	814	5.4	3	7.8	3.7	2	8.0	<0.001
	Hospitalization	836	2.3	0	8.5	0.7	0	4.0	<0.001
	Missed working days^b	754	7.2	0	16	2.5	0	9.6	<0.001
Screening-detected cases^c
	Health care visits	144	4.8	2	9.0	4.1	1	9.9	0.001
	Hospitalization	151	3.0	0	11	1.0	0	5.4	0.036
	Missed working days^b	136	9.0	0	21	1.8	0	7.4	<0.001
Recent diagnosis^d
	Health care visits	202	5.0	3	7.1	4.3	2	8.8	<0.001
	Hospitalization	200	0.62	0	2.7	0.36	0	1.8	0.860
	Missed working days^b	188	7.5	0	17	3.4	0	13	<0.001

^a Using the sign test.
^b Also including missed school days and similar circumstances.
^c Primary investigation started based on a disease with known relation to CD or due to heredity for CD.
^d CD diagnosis between 2005 and 2009.

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