Name |
Coeliac disease (coeliac) |
Category |
Digestive |
Sex |
|
Adult |
Yes |
UUID |
59726ac7-30b5-4da9-924e-adf2c515322c |
Definition |
An autoimmune genetic disorder with an unknown pattern of inheritance that primarily affects the digestive tract. |
Ontologies
Key Summary Statistics
Cases from any source
Total |
6078 |
Female (%) |
4169 (69%) |
Male (%) |
1909 (31%) |
Year first recorded

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources
Cross-source concordance
Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Incidence & prevalence

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex
Female |
128.96 (121.37,136.55) |
Male |
64.4 (58.53,70.26) |
Incidence stratified by sex
Female |
2.49 (2.08,2.91) |
Male |
2.2 (1.78,2.63) |
Incidence stratified by age
Ages 40-44 |
1.01 (0.39,1.64) |
Ages 45-49 |
2.1 (1.32,2.88) |
Ages 50-54 |
2.24 (1.5,2.98) |
Ages 55-59 |
2.21 (1.54,2.87) |
Ages 60-64 |
2.56 (1.94,3.17) |
Ages 65-69 |
3.19 (2.4,3.98) |
Period prevalence
Methods
Comparison with general population
Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

Population |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
UK Biobank |
62 (54,70) |
71 (64,77) |
73 (67,79) |
CALIBER |
37 (35,38) |
43 (41,45) |
53 (50,55) |
Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status
Deprivation status |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
Least deprived |
62(45,83) |
74(60,90) |
72(61,85) |
Low |
77(58,100) |
69(56,85) |
74(63,87) |
Medium |
50(36,69) |
66(53,81) |
71(60,84) |
High |
61(46,80) |
79(65,96) |
68(56,82) |
Most deprived |
60(46,77) |
66(53,81) |
79(66,94) |
Stratified by age and country
Country |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
England |
63(55,72) |
71(64,79) |
71(65,77) |
Scotland |
56(37,82) |
80(63,100) |
79(64,98) |
Wales |
52(29,84) |
49(33,71) |
87(66,111) |
Risk factors analysis
‘Healthy’ BMI, smoking status ‘never’, or no hypertension (absence of hypertension records) were considered as reference values.
Hazard Ratio (HR) values with P < 0.0002 were considered to show significant association with disease onset after correction for multiple-testing using the Bonferroni method
N=153646, Events=402
Factor |
Level |
Hazard Ratio |
P value |
BMI |
overweight |
1.07 (0.82, 1.39) |
0.637 |
BMI |
obese |
2.13 (1.65, 2.77) |
1.06e-08 |
BMI |
underweight |
0 (0, Inf) |
0.986 |
smoking |
previous |
1.48 (1.19, 1.85) |
0.000498 |
smoking |
current |
2.47 (1.87, 3.26) |
1.43e-10 |
hypertension |
yes |
2.21 (1.8, 2.72) |
5.76e-14 |

Definition
UK Biobank field id |
Description |
Code |
Value |
21068 |
Diagnosed with coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity |
1 |
yes |
20002 |
Non-cancer illness code, self-reported |
1456 |
malabsorption/coeliac disease |
41202 |
Diagnoses - main ICD10 |
K90.0 |
Coeliac disease |
41204 |
Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 |
K90.0 |
Coeliac disease |
40001 |
Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 |
K90.0 |
Coeliac disease |
40002 |
Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 |
K90.0 |
Coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
6648000.0 |
Coeliac disease annual review |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
6648.00 |
Coeliac disease monitoring |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
8IAp.00 |
Coeliac disease annual review declined |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
9mB1.00 |
Coeliac disease monitoring invitation first letter |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
9mB..00 |
Coeliac disease monitoring invitation |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690000 |
Congenital coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690100 |
Acquired coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690.00 |
Coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690.11 |
Coeliac rickets |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690.12 |
Gee - Herter disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690.13 |
Gluten enteropathy |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690.14 |
Sprue - nontropical |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690.15 |
Steatorrhea - idiopathic |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
J690z00 |
Coeliac disease NOS |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
ZC2C200 |
Dietary advice for coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XaXGm |
Coeliac disease annual review |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XE0bK |
Coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XE0bK |
Coeliac disease |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XaX0T |
Coeliac disease annual review declined |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XaX1x |
Coeliac disease monitoring invitation first letter |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
XaX0R |
Coeliac disease monitoring invitation |