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. 2010 Apr 27;10:105. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-105

Table 3.

Respondents' self-reported health on EQ-5D before diagnosis of coeliac disease (retrospective) and now: number and percent by level of response, and UK population norms (percent)*1.

EQ-5D question: Level 1:
No problems
Level 2:
Some problems
Level 3:
Severe problems
N % N % N %

Mobility:
 before diagnosis 524 75 159 23 14 2
 Now 602 86* 93 13 2 0
UK population norm 78 22 0
Self-care:
 before diagnosis 648 93 35 5 14 2
 Now 673 97* 18 3 6 1
UK population norm 93 6 0
Usual activities:
 before diagnosis 403 58 249 36 45 6
 Now 574 82* 116 17 7 1
UK population norm 78 19 3
Pain:
 before diagnosis 153 22 349 50 195 28
 Now 416 60* 252 36 29 4
UK population norm 58 37 4
Anxiety/depression:
 before diagnosis 351 50 259 37 87 12
 Now 518 74* 163 23 16 2
UK population norm 75 23 2

*Proportion reporting no problem significantly different now compared to before diagnosis (McNemar-Bowker Chi-square test, p < 0.01)

1 UK population norms from Health Survey for England 1996, standardised to age distribution of Coeliac UK survey respondents now.