Coeliac disease in the modern era: Severity of small bowel mucosal injury at diagnosis with analysis of clinical correlates and rate of improvement on a gluten free diet

Table 1 Comparison of 99 patients with coeliac disease n (%)

	n (%)
Age, yr	43 (30-53)
Male gender	32 (32)
Family history	24 (24)
Main symptom at presentation
Abdominal pain	5 (5)
Bloating	6 (6)
Bone disease	6 (6)
Diarrhoea	31 (31)
Fatigue	6 (6)
Iron deficiency	21 (21)
Incidental1	6 (6)
Screening	14 (14)
Other2	4 (4)

¹Gastroscopy performed to investigate dyspepsia;

²Vitamin B12 deficiency (n = 3), hypoalbuminaemia (n = 1). Continuous variables are presented as median (inter-quartile range).