Hepatic Hemangioma in Celiac Patients: Data from a Large Consecutive Series

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics in celiac disease (CD) patients and controls.

	CD; (#97)	Controls; (#1352)
Age (yrs), median; (range)	41; (17–84)	50.5; (16–94)	n.s.
Female, # (%)	79 (81)	771 (57)	<0.0001
BM 25–30, # (%)	4 (4.1)	63 (4.7)	n.s.
Albumin (g/dL), median; (range)	4.3; (3.8–5.1)	4.6; (4–5.1)	n.s.
Steatosis, # (%)	36 (37)	469 (34.6)	n.s.
Grades 1, 2, and	29, 5, 2	236, 181, 52

BMI (body mass index) kg/m².
Grade 1: attenuation in the posterior segments of the liver; Grade 2: loss of echoes from the diaphragm; Grade 3: loss of echoes from the walls of the portal vein.