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. 2014 Aug 27;16(4):421. doi: 10.1186/s13075-014-0421-4

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the cohorts

All subjects n = 97 Normal mucosa (Marsh stage 0) n = 39 Lymphocytic enteritis (Marsh stage 1) n = 58 P
Demographic characteristics
Females, n (%) 86 (89) 34 (87) 52 (90) 0.959
Age in years, mean (SD) 50 (8) 49 (7) 51 (9) 0.222
BMI, kg/m 2 , mean (SD) 26 (4) 25 (3) 28 (5) <0.001
Education level
None, n (%) 2 (2) 0 2 (3) 0.658
Primary education, n (%) 71 (73) 29 (74) 42 (72) 0.983
Secondary education, n (%) 22 (23) 10 (26) 12 (21) 0.746
Higher education, n (%) 3 (3) 0 2 (3) 0.658
Employment status
Employed, n (%) 45 (46) 21 (54) 24 (41) 0.317
Unemployed, n (%) 20 (21) 7 (18) 13 (22) 0.782
Homemaker, n (%) 17 (17) 8 (20) 9 (15) 0.717
Retired/pensioner, n (%) 15 (15) 3 (8) 12 (21) 0.147
First-degree relatives with CD/FMS
Subjects with CD relatives, n (%) 10 (10) 0 10 (17) 0.016
Subjects with FMS relatives, n (%) 4 (4) 0 4 (7) 0.248
Gastroduodenal histopathological details
IELs, mean (SD) 18 (3) 14 (2) 35 (5) <0.001
Helicobacter pylori (+), n (%) 41 (42) 17 (43) 24 (41) 0.426
HLA haplotype
HLA-DQ2 A1/B1, n (%) 46 (47) 15 (38) 31 (53) 0.214
HLA-DQ2 (−), n (%) 15 (15) 4 (10) 11 (19) 0.381
Serum autoantibodies
Anti tTG-2, U/ml, mean (SD) 0.7 (0.6) 0.5 (0.1) 0.9 (0.7) <0.001
RF, IU/m, mean (SD) 12.8 (1.7) 12.6 (0.9) 12.9 (2.1) 0.552
Anti-TPO (+), U/ml, mean (SD) 30 (111) 20 (30) 51 (140) 0.115
ANAs (+), n (%) 26 (27) 3 (8) 23 (40) 0.001
AMAS (+), n (%) 4 (4) 0 4 (7) 0.248

Data are expressed as frequency (n) and percentage of the total value (%), or mean and standard deviation (SD). BMI, body mass index; IELs, intraepithelial lymphocyte count from 100 epithelial cells; anti-tTG-2, anti-tissue transglutaminase-2 antibodies; RF, rheumatoid factor; HLA-DQ2, major histocompatibility complex class II; anti-TPO, anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies; ANAs, anti-nuclear antibodies; AMAs, anti-mitochondrial antibodies.