Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population

Variables	CD patient in the survey		General population reference valuea
	Mean or n	SD or %	Mean or n
Sex
Female	219	70.2	53.1
Male	93	29.8	46.9
Age (years)
18–24	59	18.9	10.0
25–34	98	31.4	15.2
35–44	73	23.4	19.5
45–54	68	21.8	16.0
55+	14	4.5	39.3
Place of residence
Capital	93	29.8	17.9
County town	69	22.1	52.6
Other town	76	24.4
Village	74	23.7	29.5
Highest level of education
Primary school	8	2.6	23.8
Secondary school	147	47.1	55.0
College/university	157	50.3	21.2
Employment
Full-time/self employed	211	67.6	53.1
Part-time employed	19	6.1
Student	44	14.1	4.7
Unemployed	10	3.2	3.1
Other (incl. retired)	28	9.0	30.2
Per capita net monthly household income (EUR)b	801.5	529.0
1st quintile	266.4	87.3	n/a
2nd quintile	474.1	57.8	n/a
3rd quintile	649.0	48.6	n/a
4th quintile	954.9	133.8	n/a
5th quintile	1642.4	455.8	n/a
Don’t know/refused to answer	52	16.7	n/a
Following a gluten-free diet (GFD)	312	100	n/a
Age at diagnosis	27.1	14.0	n/a
Number of comorbidities
0	33	10.6	n/a
1	74	23.7	n/a
2–3	101	32.4	n/a
4+	104	33.3	n/a
Most common comorbiditiesc
Allergies	110	35.3	14.6
Other food intolerance	96	30.8	n/a
Gastroesophageal reflux disease	86	27.6	n/a
Hair loss	67	21.5	n/a
Thyroid disease	62	19.9	n/a
Iron deficiency	56	18.0	n/a
Eczema	44	14.1	n/a
Hypertension	40	12.8	30.9
Depression	37	11.9	8.0
Anaemia	34	10.9	n/a
Rheumatic disease	30	9.6	10.3
Inflammatory bowel disease	12	3.8	n/a
Gastrointestinal Symptom Scale (GSRS) score (total sample)	28.3	11.7	n/a
Female	29.6	12.0	n/a
Male	25.0	10.4	n/a

n/a not available or not applicable

^aHungarian Central Statistical Office: Microcensus 2016 and European Health Interview Survey in Hungary, 2019

^b1 EUR equals to 361.01 HUF

^cMultiple comorbidities could be selected