Table 1.

Frequency of symptoms/sign among patients with coeliac disease and disease control subjects

Symptoms/signs	Patients with coeliac disease (n=198)	Disease control subjects (n=203)
Weight loss	13 (6.57)*	8 (3.94)
Diarrhoea/very loose stool	68 (34.24)	13 (6.40)
Iron deficiency anaemia	54 (27.27)	64 (31.53)
Abdominal pain	26 (13.13)	26 (12.81)
Reflux	7 (3.53)	43 (21.18)
Vomiting	2 (1.01)	5 (2.46)
Bloating	16 (8.08)	10 (4.93)
Constipation	5 (2.53)	0
Thyroiditis	5 (2.53)	0
short stature	6 (3.03)	2 (0.99)
Fatigue	2 (1.01)	2 (0.99)
Hypertransaminasaemia	1 (0.51)	0
Short stature	1 (0.51)	0
Epilepsy	1 (0.51)	0
Osteoporosis	1 (0.51)	0

Note: A low ferritin was found in 27% of patients with CD; however, 15% of cases had anaemia as their main presenting symptoms.

*Number (%).