Table 3 Frequency of reported symptoms/CD-associated medical conditions after diagnosis – 2015 survey
Symptom/CD-associated medical condition | Number (%) reporting symptoms | ||
|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | (95% CI) | |
Abdominal pain/bloating | 559 | 35.4 | (33.1, 37.8) |
Diarrhoea | 522 | 33.1 | (30.8, 35.4) |
Joint pain | 451 | 28.6 | (26.3, 30.8) |
Flatulence | 448 | 28.4 | (26.2, 30.6) |
Constipation | 409 | 25.9 | (23.8, 28.1) |
Osteoporosis | 333 | 21.1 | (19.1, 23.1) |
Chronic fatigue | 321 | 20.3 | (18.4, 22.3) |
Headache | 274 | 17.4 | (15.5, 19.2) |
Anaemia | 228 | 14.5 | (12.7, 16.2) |
Skin rash | 220 | 13.9 | (12.2, 15.7) |
Mouth ulcer | 191 | 12.1 | (10.5, 13.7) |
Depression | 180 | 11.4 | (9.8, 13.0) |
Other symptomsa | 100 | 6.3 | (5.1, 7.5) |
Ataxia | 30 | 1.9 | (1.2, 2.6) |
Any symptoma | 1278 | 81.0 | (79.1, 82.9) |
1–3 symptoms | 772 | 48.9 | (46.5, 51.4) |
4+ symptoms | 506 | 32.1 | (29.8, 34.4) |
No symptom | 300 | 19. 0 | (17.1, 20.9) |