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Table 1 Biopsied patient characteristics as a function of serum tTG

From: Value of biopsy in a cohort of children with high-titer celiac serologies: observation of dynamic policy differences between Europe and North America

Serum tTG (Chem’U)

Serum tTG Interpretation

Age Range (yrs)

Median Age (yrs)

Mean Age (yrs ± SD)

Total (n, %)

No Duodenitis (n, %)

Any

N/A

0.4–20.9

10.9

10.7 (± 5.0)

793 (100%)

201 (25%)

< 20

Negative

0.4–20.9

12.2

11.4 (± 5.4)

258 (32%)

141 (55%)

≥20–200

Positive

1.3–18.3

10.8

11.4 (± 4.6)

243 (31%)

8 (24%)

> 200

Positive

1.3–19.3

9.5

9.6 (± 4.8)

292 (37%)

0 (0%)

> 2000

Positive

1.5–16.7

5.8

7.3 (± 4.3)

109 (14%)

0 (0%)