Levels of serologic markers of celiac disease in patients with reflux esophagitis

Table 1 Demographic data of patients and controls

Demographic data	Patients	Controls
Gender (M/F)	20/48	12/28
Median age (min-max)	41 (20-77)	38 (20-68)
Esophagitis
Grade A	80.90%	-
Grade B	14.70%	-
Grade C	4.40%	-
Grade D	-	-

Table 2 Esophageal symptoms in patients with reflux disease (n = 68)

Symptoms	n (%)
Heartburn	48 (70.6)
Chest pain	40 (58.8)
Regurgitation	48 (70.6)
Bleeding	5 (7.4)
Dysphagia	3 (4.4)
Odynophagia	2 (3.0)
Pulmonary symptoms	10 (14.7)
Others (diarrhea…)	11 (16.2)

Table 3 Prevalence of positive serologic markers for coeliac disease according to the esophagitis grade (n = 68)

Grades	Antigliadin IgA		Antigliadin IgG		Antiendomysium IgA
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Grade A (n = 55)	4	7.2	3	5.4	-	-
Grade B (n = 10)	1	10	2	20	-	-
Grade C (n = 3)	1	33.3	2	66.6	-	-

Table 4 Prevalence of positive serologic markers for coeliac disease in control subjects (n = 40)

Serologic markers	Control subjects (n = 40)
	n	%
Antigliadin IgA	4	10
Antigliadin IgG	3	7.5
Antiendomysium IgA	-	-