Adult coeliac disease

The prevalence of coeliac disease is 0.5-1% in international population studies. The delay in diagnosis is reported to range from 4.5 years to 9.0 years. 1 2 Patients may present on numerous occasions to both primary and secondary care without coeliac disease being considered. 3 Currently, for every adult patient in whom the disease is diagnosed, eight cases are estimated to go undetected.