Effect of oats in the diet of adult patients with coeliac disease on total intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs)
| Variable | Coeliac disease in remission | Newly diagnosed coeliac disease | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oat group (n=26) | Control group (n=26) | p Value | Oat group (n=19) | Control group (n=21) | p Value | ||
| IEL count/100 epithelial cells | |||||||
| Baseline | 38.0 (20) | 35.2 (13.2) | 58.2 (19.2) | 60.3 (18.6) | |||
| 6 months | 37.4 (13.8) | 37.3 (14.7) | 34.3 (15.6) | 36.0 (14.5) | |||
| 12 months | – | – | 34.5 (12.9) | 37.9 (22.4) | |||
| Change | 0.6 (21.8) | 2.0 (11.7) | 0.94 | −23.8 (23.3) | −21.7 (14.5) | 0.84 | |
| Group difference (95% CI) | −2.6 (12.3 to 7.2) | −2.1 (−14.4 to 10.2) | |||||
Values are means (SD); 95% confidence intervals (CI) are shown in parentheses; p values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test.