Table 1.

Demographic features of patients and controls.

	CD patients
	New diagnosis	Long-term gluten-free diet	Healthy subjects
Number	15	15	30
Age (years)	37·56 ± 13·56	38·57 ± 12·87	36·53 ± 17·14
Sex (female : male)	8/7	9/6	16/14
Gluten-free diet duration (years)	n.a.	2·42 ± 0·93	n.a.

CD, coeliac disease; n.a., not available.