Table 1

Subjects positive for antigliadin antibodies (IgG-AGA+; IgA-AGA+), antiendomysium antibodies (IgG1-EMA+; IgA-EMA+), and antitissue transglutaminase antibodies (IgG-anti-tTG+; IgA-anti-tTG+) among patients with coeliac disease(CD) affected or not by selective IgA deficiency (IgAD) and in healthy controls

IgG1-EMA+IgA-EMA+IgG-anti-tTG+IgA-anti-tTG+IgG-AGA+IgA-AGA+
Untreated CD patients with IgAD20/200/2020/200/2020/200/20
CD patients with IgAD on a strict GFD0/340/344/340/340/340/34
CD patients with IgAD not on a strict GFD5/101-150 0/106/101-151 0/1010/100/10
Untreated CD patients without IgAD11/1111/1111/1111/1111/1111/11
Healthy IgAD subjects on a gluten containing diet0/100/102/100/100/100/10
Healthy controls on a gluten containing diet0/250/251/250/250/250/25
  • 1-150 p=0.0325 (Fisher's exact test) compared with IgG-AGA positives among CD/IgAD patients not on a strict gluten free diet (GFD).

  • 1-151 p=0.0867 (Fisher's exact test) compared with IgG-AGA positives among CD/IgAD patients not on a strict GFD.