Table 1.

Patients’ baseline characteristics

Pt	Sex	Age	Ab	Gastrointestinal symptoms	Other symptoms	Marsh-Oberhuber
#1	M	34	Pos	Diarrhea	Dermatitis herpetiformis, anemia	IIIc
#2	F	29	Pos	Constipation, abdominal bloating	None	IIIc
#3	M	63	Pos	Anemia, dyspepsia	None	IIIb
#4	M	22	Pos	Hypertransaminasemia, diarrhea	None	IIIc
#5	F	31	Pos	None	Type 1 diabetes	IIIc
#6	M	64	Pos	Family history of CD	None	IIIc
#7	F	57	Pos	None	Primary biliary cirrhosis, anemia	IIIc
#8	F	24	Pos	None	Anemia	IIIb
#9	F	46	Pos	Diarrhea, weight loss, malabsorption	Osteoporosis, anemia	IIIc
#10	F	21	Pos	Abdominal pain, constipation	Anemia	IIIc
#11	F	70	Pos	Diarrhea, abdominal bloating	Anemia	IIIb
#12	F	40	Pos	Abdominal discomfort	Thyroiditis	IIIb
#13	F	50	Pos	Constipation, abdominal bloating	Thyroiditis	IIIa
#14	F	50	Pos	Abdominal pain, diarrhea	Anemia	IIIa
#15	M	38	Pos	Abdominal bloating	Osteoporosis, anemia	IIIc
#16	M	32	Pos	Diarrhea	None	IIIb
#17	M	49	Pos	Abdominal pain and bloating	None	IIIb
#18	F	23	Pos	Occasionally altered bowel habits	None	IIIc
#19	M	26	Pos	Diarrhea	None	IIIc
#20	F	30	Pos	Diarrhea	Anemia	IIIb
#21	F	42	Pos	Constipation, abdominal bloating	Anemia	IIIc
#22	F	43	Pos	Family history of CD	None	IIIa
#23	F	23	Pos	None	Fatigue	IIIc
#24	F	21	Pos	Abdominal bloating	Rash	IIIa
#25	F	28	Pos	Dyspepsia	Fatigue, anemia	IIIc
#26	M	45	Pos	None	Infertility	IIIb
#27	F	46	Pos	None	Anemia	IIIc
#28	F	39	Pos	Weight loss	Dermatitis herpetiformis, anemia	IIIc
#29	F	25	Pos	Diarrhea	Thyroiditis	IIIb
#30	F	46	Pos	Abdominal pain, altered bowel habits	Type 1 diabetes	IIIc
#31	M	55	Pos	Diarrhea	None	IIIc

Pts patients, M male, F female, Ab antibodies (atTG and/or EMA), pos positive, CD coeliac disease.