Prevalence of coeliac disease in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis in a Turkish population

Table 1 Clinical, antibody and histological features of 8 autoimmune throiditis patients with positive IgA anti-tTG test

Patient	Gender	Age(yr)	Anti-tTG IgA(> 15 IU/mL)	Duodenalbiopsy	BMI	Malabsorption
					(kg/m2)
1	F	31	79.6	Not performed	26.0	Absent
2	F	56	55.1	0	29.9	Absent
3	F	18	57.8	0	22.3	Absent
4	F	34	26.2	I	23.7	Absent
5	F	44	17.9	Not performed	35.3	Absent
6	M	35	43.4	I	27.6	Absent
7	F	61	39.1	IIIa	24.0	Present
8	F	40	27.9	II	30.1	Present

BMI: body mass index. Modified Marsh classification: IIIa = mild atrophy, II= intraepithelial lymphocytosis + crypt hyperplasia,I= intraepithelial lymphocytosis (> 40/100 epithelial cells).