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Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Jul 16;10(10):1136–1142.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.06.023

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the study participants.

	Matched reference individuals	Celiac disease
Total	143,746	28,908
Age at study entry, years (median, range)	30; 0–95	30; 0–95
Age 10–19 (%)	58,843 (40.9)	11,799 (40.8)
Age 20–39 (%)	26,290 (18.3)	5,284 (18.3)
Age 40–59 (%)	31,932 (22.2)	6,404 (22.2)
Age ≥60 (%)	26,681 (18.6)	5,421 (18.8)
Entry year (median, range)	1998; 1969–2008	1998; 1969–2008
Follow-up^#, years (median, range)	10; 0–41	10; 0–41
Follow-up^#, years (mean±SD)	11.4±6.5	11.2±6.5
Females (%)	89,204 (62.1)	17,926 (62.0)
Males (%)	54,542 (37.9)	10,982 (38.0)
Calendar year
-1989	20,302 (14.1)	4,088 (14.1)
1990–99	59,553 (41.4)	11,986 (41.5)
2000-	63,891 (44.4)	12,834 (44.4)
Country of birth, Nordic	135,549 (94.3)	27,961 (96.7)

Ages were rounded to the nearest year.

Follow-up time until diagnosis of pancreatitis, death, emigration, or 31 December 2009. In reference individuals follow-up can also end through small intestinal biopsy.