Characteristics of patients, without known coeliac disease, undergoing endoscopy and duodenal biopsies
| Audit (Aug 2014–May 2015) | Reaudit (Feb 2016–May 2016) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | p Value | |
| Total number of endoscopies | 973 | 290 | - | ||
| Number included in study | 924 | – | 278 | – | |
| Sex | 0.705 | ||||
| Males | 374 | 40.5 | 109 | 39.2 | |
| Females | 550 | 59.5 | 169 | 60.8 | |
| Age (years) | |||||
| Mean | 59.2 | 59.7 | 0.692 | ||
| Range | 15.6–91.6 | 19.6–95.6 | |||
| Indication | 0.512 | ||||
| Anaemia | 469 | 50.8 | 155 | 55.8 | |
| Suspected coeliac/malabsorption | 120 | 13.0 | 30 | 10.8 | |
| Epigastric pain/dyspepsia | 108 | 11.7 | 30 | 10.8 | |
| Weight loss | 97 | 10.5 | 32 | 11.5 | |
| Diarrhoea | 81 | 8.8 | 16 | 5.8 | |
| Reflux | 22 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.8 | |
| Others | 27 | 2.9 | 10 | 3.6 | |
| Serology test | |||||
| Performed | 465 | 50.3 | 126 | 45.3 | 0.144 |
| Positive | 37 | 4.0 | 18 | 6.5 | 0.084 |