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Table 3 Celiac Disease Features

From: Clinical features, treatment, and outcomes of celiac-associated arthritis: a retrospective cohort study

 

Patients with arthritis

N = 13

Timing of celiac disease diagnosis relative to arthritis diagnosis in months, median (IQR)

3 (0–19)

Provider who initiated CD testing, n (%)

 

Rheumatologist

6 (46.2)

Gastroenterologist

4 (30.8)

PCP

2 (15.4)

Endocrinologist

1 (7.7)

Biopsy-confirmed diagnosis, n (%)

12 (92.3)

Laboratory testing at celiac diagnosis, n (%)

 

IgA deficient

3 (23.1)

Elevated TTG IgA, not IgA deficient

10 (100.0)

Elevated TTG IgG, IgA deficient

1 (50.0)a

Elevated EMA

9 (75.0)b

Elevated DGP IgA

6 (60.0)c

Elevated DGP IgG

5 (62.5)d

Patients with concomitant GI symptoms, n (%)

8 (61.5)

Patients with concomitant impaired linear growthe, n (%)

1 (7.7)

Underweight f patients, n (%)

3 (23.1)

  1. Legend. a 2 patients tested.
  2. b 12 patients tested.
  3. c 10 patients tested.
  4. d 8 patients tested.
  5. e Impaired linear growth defined as height z-score less than − 1.64, or bottom 5%.
  6. f Underweight defined as BMI z-score less than − 1.64, or bottom 5%.