Burden of celiac disease in the Mediterranean area

Table 4 Symptoms and diseases associated with symptomatic cases

	Symptomatic adults next 10 yr 1:7	Symptomatic children next 10 yr 1:5	Gastrointestinal symptoms	Anaemia	Osteopenia	Abnormal liver	Children with short stature
Albania	4172	1803	5079	2390	1793	598	361
Algeria	40 048	19 999	51 040	24 019	18 014	6005	4000
Bosnia	5788	1394	6104	2873	2154	718	279
Cyprus	1078	365	1227	577	433	144	73
Croatia	5376	1410	5768	2714	2036	679	282
Egypt	97 364	63 553	136 779	64 367	48 275	16 092	12 711
France	78 712	25 128	88 264	41 536	31 152	10 384	5026
Greece	13 298	3102	13 940	6560	4920	1640	620
Israel	8638	4696	11 333	5333	4000	1333	939
Italy	71 458	15 667	74 056	34 850	26 137	8712	3133
Lebanon	4687	2306	5944	2797	2098	699	461
Libya	7305	5079	10 527	4954	3715	1238	1016
Malta	502	138	543	256	192	64	28
Morocco	38 038	23 366	52 194	24 562	18 421	6140	4673
Syria	21 957	17 434	33 482	15 756	11 817	3939	3487
Slovenia	2479	547	2573	1211	908	303	109
Spain	49 873	11 814	52 433	24 675	18 506	6169	2363
Tunisia	12 552	5321	15 193	7149	5362	1787	1064
Turkey	88 343	39 930	109 032	51 309	38 482	12 827	7986
Mediter	551 667	243 053	675 512	317 888	238 416	79 472	48 611