A Brazilian experience of the self transglutaminase-based test for celiac disease case finding and diet monitoring

Table 1 Demographic data of all the studied individuals¹

Group	Number	Female	Male	Median age	Range	Positivity
Healthy control	13	6	7	40.0	7-75	0
Celiac at diagnosis	6	4	2	41.2	28-61	5 (83.3%)1
GFD adherence	40	29	11	39.6	6-76	0
GFD transgression	6	4	2	24.0	10-38	6 (100.0%)1
First-degree relatives	79	56	23	30.7	5-79	3 (3.8%)1
Second-degree relatives	6	3	3	33.5	9-60	0
Dyspepsia	69	46	23	40.6	12-78	2 (2.9%)1
Irritable bowel syndrome	64	46	18	46.8	12-81	0
Crohn’s disease	8	5	3	35.6	27-45	0
Diarrhea	9	7	1	46.6	14-63	0
Total	300	206	94

¹In bold the number of individuals with a positive test and the respective percentages.

GFD: Gluten-free diet.