Table 2

Additional clinical features in 15 patients with coeliac disease and metabolic bone disease

Patient	Femur T score	% change spine/year	% change femur/year	Bone biopsy	Comments	Other abnormalities
1	−3.1	21.3	15.7	Osteomalacia	Initially diagnosed as Paget's disease	MCV 114
2	−2.4	18.4	10.3	Osteomalacia		Iron deficiency
3	−4.6	11.9	6.1	Osteomalacia		Rheumatoid disease
4	1.8				Tertiary hyperparathyroidism	Parathyroid adenoma
5	−2.9					B-12 and folate deficiency
6	−3.2	−2	12.6	Normal		Iron deficiency
7	−3.2				Previous Colle's fracture	B-12 and folate deficiency
8	−4.15				Steroid and diet resistant coeliac disease	Iron, B-12, and folate deficiency
9	−2.08					B-12 and folate deficiency; diabetes
10	−0.2					Iron and folate deficiency
11	−3.6	0.9	4.9	Osteoporosis	Late menarche; early menopause	Macrocytosis
12	−3.48	1.1	4.2	Osteoporosis		Unresponsive iron deficiency
13	−2.2	7.7	8.0			Iron deficiency
14	−3.1	−0.9	−0.3		Failure to comply with gluten-free diet	Iron deficiency
15	−3.2	4.1	−5.4		BMD improved on cyclical etidronate