Table 1.

Characteristics of enrolled patients

	GFD-noncompliant (n = 48)	GFD-adherent (n = 149)	p value
Age, years	45.5 ± 16.2	43.7 ± 12.5	0.357
Gender, M/F	17/31	21/128	0.001
Age at CD diagnosis, years†	30 (6.5–49.2)	33 (25–41)	0.431
Duration of the diet, years	8.6 ± 6.9	5.9 ± 7.6	0.110
Positive anti-transglutaminase antibody, %	22.9	0	0.000
Presence of autoimmune diseases, n (%)	14 (29%)	30 (20%)	0.23

^†Data as median (interquartile range)