Table 1.

Details of subjects studied

		Coeliac patients
	Controls	Untreated	Treated
Gender, male/female	3/5	2/7	4/7
Age years	27·4 ± 7·0	28·4 ± 6·2	29·2 ± 13·0
Weight kg	66·2 ± 6·0	59·6 ± 10·4	61·3 ± 10·3
Height m	1·6 ± 0·10	1·6 ± 0·1	1·6 ± 0·1
Body mass index	24·4 ± 1·8	22·3 ± 3·3	22·3 ± 2·5
Serum protein g/100 ml	7·0 ± 0·6	7·1 ± 0·8	7·5 ± 0·6
Serum albumin g/100 ml	4·5 ± 0·5	4·4 ± 0·4	4·5 ± 0·5
Haemoglobin g/100 ml	13·0 ± 0·9	12·2 ± 2·1	12·8 ± 1·4
Serum cholesterol mg/ 100 ml	175·0 ± 24·0	152·0 ± 25·0	184·0 ± 60·0

Data are presented as mean ± SD.