Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with positive results on endomysial antibody testing
| Case No | Sex | Age (years) | Presentation
|
Haemoglobin concentration (g/l) | Mean cell volume | Histology | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | ||||||
| 1 | F | 46 | Anaemia | 110 | 78.0 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 2 | M | 42 | Diarrhoea | 142 | 91.6 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 3 | F | 19 | “Tired all the time” | Mild anaemia | 110 | 78.8 | Total villous atrophy |
| 4 | M | 60 | “Tired all the time” (chronic fatigue syndrome) | Weight loss | 147 | 98.2 | Total villous atrophy |
| 5 | F | 42 | Anaemia (intermittent) | Family history | 142 | 79.8 | Subtotal villous atrophy |
| 6 | F | 38 | “Tired all the time” | 116 | 89.1 | Total villous atrophy | |
| 7 | F | 36 | Anaemia | “Tired all the time” | 104 | 78.2 | Subtotal villous atrophy |
| 8 | F | 73 | “Tired all the time” | Hypothyroidism | 107 | 104.0 | Subtotal villous atrophy |
| 9 | F | 37 | Malabsorption | Anaemia | 81 | 63.0 | Total villous atrophy |
| 10 | F | 47 | Anaemia | “Tired all the time” | 80 | 78.6 | Total villous atrophy |
| 11 | F | 34 | Anaemia | 70 | 70.2 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 12 | F | 21 | Thyroid problem | Past anaemia | 123 | 88.7 | Total villous atrophy |
| 13 | F | 72 | Malabsorption | 96 | 86.0 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 14 | M | 51 | Anaemia (past) | Odd neurology | 118 | 74.7 | Total villous atrophy |
| 15 | F | 37 | Anaemia (pregnancy) | 98 | 79.7 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 16 | M | 18 | Family history (mother) | “Tired all the time” | 138 | 91.7 | Partial villous atrophy |
| 17 | F | 54 | Anaemia | Family history (sister) | 91 | 71.4 | Subtotal villous atrophy |
| 18 | F | 44 | Anaemia | 83 | 69.3 | Total villous atrophy | |
| 19 | F | 28 | Anaemia | 74 | 69.4 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 20 | F | 45 | “Tired all the time” (chronic fatigue syndrome) | NA | NA | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 21 | F | 1 | Malabsorption | Failure to thrive | 132 | 87.2 | Total villous atrophy |
| 22 | M | 58 | Anaemia (past) | Weight loss | 152 | 89.3 | Subtotal villous atrophy |
| 23 | F | 54 | Anaemia | Family history | 96 | 63.7 | Subtotal villous atrophy |
| 24 | F | 44 | Anaemia | 88 | 64.7 | Mild villous atrophy | |
| 25 | F | 59 | Family history (brother) | 133 | 87.2 | Increased intraepithelial lymphocytes | |
| 26 | F | 50 | Unexplained macrocytosis | 125 | 97.9 | Total villous atrophy | |
| 27 | F | 32 | Anaemia | 91 | 67.1 | Total villous atrophy | |
| 28 | M | 64 | Anaemia (mild) | 117 | 89.6 | Subtotal villous atrophy | |
| 29 | M | 52 | Malabsorption | 119 | 83.8 | Total villous atrophy | |
| 30 | M | 27 | “Tired all the time” | Family history Liver function test results raised | 108 | 83.4 | Total villous atrophy |
NA=not available.