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Table 1 Group 2 patient characteristics and corresponding results

From: ‘Pre-endoscopy point of care test (Simtomax- IgA/IgG-Deamidated Gliadin Peptide) for coeliac disease in iron deficiency anaemia: diagnostic accuracy and a cost saving economic model’

 

Simtomax positive

EMA positive

TTG positive

Ma0

M1

M2

M3a

M3b

M3c

Coeliac disease

Iron deficiency anaemia (n = 81)

30

13

19

55

7

1

2b

5

10

16 (19.8 %)

Iron deficiency without anaemia (n = 52)

15

10

15

33

8

1

2

2

6

10 (19.2 %)

  1. aMarsh grade
  2. bOne patient had seronegative Marsh grade 3a villous atrophy which was secondary to tuberculosis instead of coeliac disease