Frequency of symptoms/sign among patients with coeliac disease and disease control subjects
| Symptoms/signs | Patients with coeliac disease (n=198) | Disease control subjects (n=203) |
| Weight loss | 13 (6.57)* | 8 (3.94) |
| Diarrhoea/very loose stool | 68 (34.24) | 13 (6.40) |
| Iron deficiency anaemia | 54 (27.27) | 64 (31.53) |
| Abdominal pain | 26 (13.13) | 26 (12.81) |
| Reflux | 7 (3.53) | 43 (21.18) |
| Vomiting | 2 (1.01) | 5 (2.46) |
| Bloating | 16 (8.08) | 10 (4.93) |
| Constipation | 5 (2.53) | 0 |
| Thyroiditis | 5 (2.53) | 0 |
| short stature | 6 (3.03) | 2 (0.99) |
| Fatigue | 2 (1.01) | 2 (0.99) |
| Hypertransaminasaemia | 1 (0.51) | 0 |
| Short stature | 1 (0.51) | 0 |
| Epilepsy | 1 (0.51) | 0 |
| Osteoporosis | 1 (0.51) | 0 |
Note: A low ferritin was found in 27% of patients with CD; however, 15% of cases had anaemia as their main presenting symptoms.
*Number (%).