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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2011 Jul 14;141(4):1187–1193. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.06.084

Table 2. Prevalence of abnormal celiac disease serum tests amongst among evaluable samples for participants in the IBS and control groups.

Test Suspected IBS
(n=492), n(%)
Healthy controls
(n=458), n(%)
P value aOR (95% CI)
Any abnormal celiac disease test 36 (7.32) 22 (4.8) 0.25 1.49 (0.76, 2.90)
AGA IgG 24 (4.88) 14 (3.06) 0.70 1.19 (0.50, 2.79)
AGA IgA 8 (1.63) 8 (1.75) 0.54 1.41 (0.47, 4.22)
EMA 3 (0.61) 2 (0.44) 0.66 1.65 (0.17, 15.42)
TTG IgA 6 (1.22) 2 (0.44) 0.15 3.87 (0.61, 24.74)
Total IgA (low) 3 (0.61) 3 (0.66) 0.93 0.93 (0.19, 4.62)
DQ2 164 (33.33) 180 (39.30) 0.004 0.61 (0.44, 0.86)
DQ8 81 (16.46) 83 (18.12) 0.54 1.14 (0.76, 1.70)

CD= celiac disease, AGA= antigliadin antibody, EMA=anti-endomysial antibody, TTG= anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody, IgG=immunoglobulin G, IgA=immunoglobulin A, aOR = adjusted odds ratio (for age and sex), CI = confidence interval