Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Pt	Age	Gender	serology	Symptoms	Weight loss (lb)	Electrolyte abnormality	Marsh grade/IELs	TPN	steroids	HLA	Hospital stay	Time to recover
1	34	F	tTG 113	D	15	Acidosis	3b/50	+	+	DQ 8	7 days	8 weeks
2	51	M	tTG >200 EMA +	D	20	↓Ca, ↓K, ↓Na, ↓Alb, Acidosis, ARF (Cr- 3.1)	3c/50	+	+	DQ 2	11 days	20 weeks
3	48	F	IgA def. tTG 0	V, D, Orthostasis	30	↓Ca, ↓K	3b*	_	_	DQ 2	4 days, 3 days	40 weeks
4	70	M	tTG >100	V, D, ↑HR Abd. pain,	10	↓K	3a*	_	_	NA	NA	24 weeks
5	48	F	NA	D, ↑HR, Neuropathy	21	NA	3a/50	_	_	DQ 2	7days	NA
6	68	F	tTG 6 (ref. 0 – 5)	V, D, ↓BP	30	↓K, ↑Na ↓Alb	3a*	+	+	DQ 2	5 days	32 weeks
7	67	F	tTG 250	D, ↓BP	28	↓Ca, ↓Alb	3c/100	-	-	DQ2	8 days	30 weeks
8	74	F	tTG 24.5	D, Tetany	30	↓Ca, ↓K, ↓Mg ↓Alb	3c/60	-	+	NA	7 days	8 weeks
9	65	M	tTG 21.3 EMA+	D, Tetany	20	↓Ca	3a/40	+	-	DQ2	10 days	16 weeks
10	68	M	tTG 117 EMA+	D, Tetany	20	↓Ca, ↓Alb	3b/60	+	-	DQ2	11 days	24 weeks
11	65	F	tTG 22	D	40	↓Ca, ↓Mg, Acidosis, ARF (Cr. 2.6)	3c/80	-	+	DQ2	13 days	24 weeks
12	49	F	tTG 83.7 EMA+	D	10	↓Mg	3a/50	-	+	DQ2	4 days	24 weeks

↓ - decrease, ↑- increase, Abd. Pain- abdominal pain, Acidosis- metabolic acidosis, Alb- albumin, ARF- acute renal failure, BP- blood pressure, Ca- calcium, Cr- creatinine, D- diarrhea, EMA- endomysial antibody, F-female, HLA- human leukocyte antigen, HR- heart rate, IELs- number of intraepithelial lymphocytes per 100 epithelial cells, *-IEL count not available, IgA def.- Immunoglobulin A deficiency, K- potassium, lb- pounds, M- male, Mg- magnesium, Na- sodium, NA- not available, Orthostasis- orthostatic changes, TPN- total parenteral nutrition, V- vomiting, tTG- IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody