Research Article
Epidemiology of Celiac Disease in Western Iran during 2019-2021
Table 3
Frequency distribution of gastrointestinal manifestations in patients with celiac disease.
| Symptoms | Total, (%) | Child (0-14), (%) | Adult (over 14), (%) |
| Abdominal pain | Yes | 88 (77.8) | 15 (65.2) | 73 (81.1) | No | 25 (22.2) | 8 (34.8) | 17 (18.9) | Constipation | Yes | 55 (48.7) | 12 (52.7) | 43 (47.8) | No | 58 (51.3) | 11 (47. 3) | 47 (52.2) | Diarrhea | Yes | 62 (54.9) | 7 (30.4) | 55 (61.1) | No | 51 (45.1) | 16 (69.6) | 35 (38.9) | Nausea | Yes | 46 (40.7) | 7 (30.4) | 39 (43.3) | No | 67 (59.3) | 16 (69.6) | 51 (56.7) | Vomit | Yes | 12 (10.6) | 2 (8.7) | 10 (11.1) | No | 101 (89.4) | 21 (91.3) | 80 (88.9) | Anorexia | Yes | 34 (30.1) | 9 (39.1) | 25 (27.8) | No | 79 (69.9) | 14 (60.9) | 65 (72. 2) | Distention | Yes | 67 (59.3) | 13 (56.5) | 54 (60.0) | No | 46 (40.7) | 10 (43.5) | 36 (40.0) | Dyspepsia | Yes | 21 (18.6) | 3 (13.1) | 18 (20.0) | No | 92 (81.4) | 20 (86.9) | 72 (80.0) | Irritable bowel syndrome | Yes | 20 (17.7) | 1 (4.4) | 19 (21.1) | No | 93 (82.3) | 22 (95.6) | 71 (78.9) |
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