[Table/Fig-8]:

Comparison of distribution of biopsy findings in present study and others [10,11].

Diseases	Study by Williams L et al., [10] n(%)	Study by Mahadeva S et al., [11] n(%)	Present study n(%)
Total no of duodenal Biopsies	408(100)	626 (100)	101(100)
Normal biopsies	354(86.7)	502(80.2)	41(40.6%)*
Increased chronic inflammatory cells in lamina propria	38(9.3)	#
Celiac disease	6(1.47)	15(2.4)	16(15.8)
Possible CD	5(1.22)	#	#
Giardia	2(0.49)	3(0.5)	2(1.98)
Immunodeficiency	1(0.24)	#	#
Raised IEL counts alone	#	14(2.2)	1(0.9)
CD on follow up	#	23(3.7)	#
Peptic duodenitis/ ulcer	#	55(8.8)	2(1.98)

*In present study as non-specific duodenitis.

#No specific disease was reported in that study.