Table 1.
Frequency and duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis of coeliac disease.
| Symptom: | Number (%) reporting symptoms (of 777 respondents) |
Duration of symptoms (years) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | |
| Any symptom | 771 | 99 | (98, 100) | 13.2 | (12.1, 14.4) |
| Abdominal pain/bloating | 556 | 71 | (67, 74) | 7.9 | (7.0, 8.7) |
| Diarrhoea | 553 | 70 | (67, 73) | 6.9 | (6.1, 7.8) |
| Anaemia | 509 | 65 | (61, 680 | 11.5 | (10.5, 12.6) |
| Chronic fatigue | 488 | 62 | (59, 650 | 7.1 | (6.3, 7.9) |
| Weight loss | 479 | 61 | (57, 640 | 5.5 | (4.7, 6.2) |
| Flatulence | 368 | 47 | (43, 50) | 9.5 | (8.6, 10.4) |
| Mouth ulcer | 236 | 30 | (27, 33) | 11.2 | (10.1, 12.3) |
| Headache | 232 | 30 | (26, 33) | 10.3 | (9.3, 11.3) |
| Joint pain | 220 | 28 | (25, 31) | 8.2 | (7.4, 9.0) |
| Skin rash | 208 | 26 | (23, 30) | 9.9 | (8.9, 10.9) |
| Constipation | 207 | 26 | (23, 29) | 12.6 | (11.5, 13.6) |
| Depression | 185 | 24 | (21, 27) | 9.2 | (8.3, 10.1) |
| Other symptoms | 163 | 21 | (18, 24) | 5.4 | (4.8, 6.1) |
| Osteoporosis | 91 | 12 | (10, 14) | 7.7 | (6.7, 8.6) |
| Ataxia | 39 | 5 | (3, 7) | 6.1 | (5.2, 6.9) |
| No symptoms | 6 | 1 | (0, 2) | ||