Table 3.

Specificity and sensitivity of anti-gliadin peptide immunofluorometric assay (IFMA) IgA and IgG assays compared with commercial anti-gliadin antibody (AGA) and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody (tTGA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA).^*

	IgA		IgG
Assay	Specificity	Sensitivity	Specificity	Sensitivity
Peptide IFMA	90%	92%	98%	75%
AGA ELISA (Biofons)	72%	87%	64%	78%
tTGA ELISA (Biofons)	90%	90%	86%	16%

^*Samples were analysed from 87 patients with biopsy-confirmed CD and 81 healthy individuals.