Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample (n = 251).
| Characteristics | Category | Number of Respondents (%) |
|---|---|---|
| CD duration | Over 3 years | 130 (45.0) |
| Below 3 years | 138 (55.0) | |
| GFD adherence 1 | 1 | 2 (0.8) |
| 2 | 31 (12.4) | |
| 3 | 26 (10.4) | |
| 4 | 185 (73.7) | |
| 0 | 7 (2.8) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) 2 | <18.5—underweight | 38 (15.3) |
| 18.5–24.9—normal weight | 165 (66.3) | |
| 25–29.9—overweight | 46 (18.5) | |
| Place of residence | Village | 49 (19.5) |
| Town up to 100,000 residents | 72 (28.7) | |
| Cities over 100,000 residents | 130 (51.8) | |
| Educational level | Primary and secondary | 61 (24.3) |
| Postgraduate | 57 (22.7) | |
| University degree | 133 (53.0) | |
| Economic status | Very bad | 5 (2.0) |
| Bad | 18 (7.2) | |
| Average | 119 (47.4) | |
| Good | 84 (33.5) | |
| Very good | 25 (10.0) |
1 GFD (gluten-free diet) adherence: (1) very poor; (2) good, but occasionally eat dishes containing gluten (at home or outside home); (3) very good, but occasionally eat dishes containing gluten (only outside home); (4) excellent; (0) difficult to say; 2 n = 249.