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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data in complicated coeliac disease (cases) and in coeliac patients responding to a gluten-free diet (controls)

From: A multicentre case control study on complicated coeliac disease: two different patterns of natural history, two different prognoses

 

Cases

Controls

p

Number (Females)

87 (55)

136 (89)

NS*

Age at diagnosis of CD (mean year ± sd)

51 ± 14

49 ± 13

NS**

Age at diagnosis of CCD (mean year ± sd)

54 ± 13

N.A.

 

Classic form at diagnosis of CD

86/87 (99%)

85/136 (63%)

<0.0001*

Strict adherence to a gluten-free diet

66/87 (76%)

129/136 (95%)

<0.0001*

Years between diagnosis of CD and diagnosis of CCD: median (25°, 75° percentile)

1.4 (0.1, 3.8)

N.A.

 

Mortality

37/87 (43%)

0/136 (0%)

<0.0001*

Years between diagnosis of CCD and death: median (25°, 75° percentile)

1.0 (0.1, 2.9)

N.A.

 
  1. *Chi2 test, **t test, CD = coeliac disease; CCD = complicated coeliac disease; N.A. = not allowed; NS = not significant.
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BMC Gastroenterology

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