Research Article
Epidemiology of Celiac Disease in Western Iran during 2019-2021
Table 4
Frequency distribution of nongastrointestinal manifestations in patients with celiac disease.
| | Symptoms | Total, (%) | Child (0-14), (%) | Adult (over 14), (%) |
| | Oral problems | | Yes | 33 (29.2) | 10 (43.4) | 23 (25.6) | | No | 80 (70.8) | 13 (56.6) | 67 (74.4) | | Bone and joint problems | | Yes | 50 (44.3) | 8 (34.8) | 42 (46.7) | | No | 63 (55.7) | 15 (65.2) | 48 (53.3) | | Vitamin D3 deficiency£ | | Yes | 52 (46.1) | 9 (39.3) | 43 (47.8) | | No | 61 (53.9) | 14 (60.9) | 47 (52.2) | | Iron-deficiency anemia | | Yes | 73 (64.6) | 16 (69.6) | 57 (63.3) | | No | 40 (35.4) | 7 (30.4) | 33 (36.7) | | Irritable bowel syndrome | | Yes | 20 (17.7) | 1 (4.4) | 19 (21.1) | | No | 93 (82.3) | 22 (95.6) | 71 (78.9) | | Rheumatoid arthritis | | Yes | 4 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.4) | | No | 109 (96.5) | 23 (100.0) | 86 (95.6) | | Migraine headache | | Yes | 11 (9.7) | 2 (8.7) | 9 (10.0) | | No | 102 (90.3) | 21 (91.3) | 81 (90.0) | | Sjogren’s syndrome | | Yes | 13 (11.5) | 2 (8.7) | 11 (12.2) | | No | 100 (88.5) | 21 (91.3) | 79 (87.8) | | Hypothyroidism | | Yes | 16 (14.2) | 2 (8.7) | 14 (15.6) | | No | 97 (85.8) | 21 (91.3) | 76 (84.4) | | Diabetes mellitus | | Yes | 13 (11.5) | 8 (34.8) | 5 (5.6) | | No | 100 (88.5) | 15 (65.2) | 85 (94.4) | | Growth retardation | | Yes | 44 (38.9) | 6 (26.1) | 38 (42.2) | | No | 69 (61.1) | 17 (73.9) | 52 (57.8) |
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£Severe deficiency, moderate deficiency, and insufficiency.
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