Characteristics of coeliac disease (CD) in patients and reference women
| Characteristics | Age at biopsy (years) | |||||
| <18 | 18–44 | ≥45 | ||||
| Patients with CD (N=2552) | Ref. women (N=12137) | Patients with CD (N=4466) | Ref. women (N=19705) | Patients with CD (N=4477) | Ref. women (N=19267) | |
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | ||||
| Year of birth | 1986 (83–88) | 1986 (83–88) | 1968 (60–75) | 1968 (60–75) | 1940 (31–46) | 1940 (31–46) |
| Age at biopsy/study entry | 6 (1–14) | 6 (1–14) | 31 (25–38) | 31 (24–38) | 58 (52–66) | 58 (52–66) |
| Age at end of follow-up | 21 (20–25) | 21 (19–25) | 40 (33–48) | 40 (33–48) | 68 (61–75) | 68 (62–76) |
| Age at first birth | 24 (22–27) | 24 (21–28) | 25 (22–29) | 26 (23–29) | 24 (21–27) | 24 (21–27) |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Education level* | ||||||
| Low | 1251 (49.0) | 5894 (48.6) | 484 (10.8) | 2126 (10.8) | 1726 (38.5) | 7798 (40.5) |
| Low middle | 122 (4.8) | 438 (3.6) | 1136 (25.4) | 5205 (26.4) | 1516 (33.9) | 6176 (32.1) |
| High middle | 778 (30.5) | 3811 (31.4) | 1092 (24.5) | 4733 (24.0) | 251 (5.6) | 1109 (5.8) |
| High | 401 (15.7) | 1994 (16.4) | 1754 (39.3) | 7641 (38.8) | 984 (22.0) | 4184 (21.7) |
| Number of children | ||||||
| 0 | 2166 (84.9) | 10482 (86.4) | 1296 (29.0) | 5842 (29.6) | 562 (12.6) | 2539 (13.2) |
| 1 | 217 (8.5) | 933 (7.7) | 683 (15.3) | 3311 (16.8) | 794 (17.7) | 3651 (18.9) |
| 2 | 139 (5.4) | 576 (4.7) | 1563 (35.0) | 6968 (35.4) | 1827 (40.8) | 7663 (39.8) |
| 3+ | 30 (1.2) | 146 (1.2) | 924 (20.7) | 3584 (18.2) | 1294 (28.9) | 5414 (28.1) |
↵* Low: ≤9 years of primary and secondary school; low middle: 2 years of high school (usually programmes for manual, clerical or assistance work); high middle: 3 years of high school (theoretical programmes); high: college or university studies.