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. 2008 May;46(5):612-4.
doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31815d697e.

Prevalence of celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus increased in the mid-1990 s: an 18-year longitudinal study based on anti-endomysial antibodies

Silvana Salardi  1 , Umberto Volta, Stefano Zucchini, Erica Fiorini, Giulio Maltoni, Bernardino Vaira, Alessandro Cicognani
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Prevalence of celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus increased in the mid-1990 s: an 18-year longitudinal study based on anti-endomysial antibodies

Silvana Salardi et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2008 May.

Abstract

Between 1987 and 2004, 331 consecutive children, all newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus in our pediatric clinic, underwent repeated serological screening for celiac disease (CD) by means of anti-endomysial antibodies, measured prospectively between 1994 and 2004, and retrospectively, using frozen banked serum, between 1987 and 1993. There were 22 cases (6.6%) of biopsy-proven CD among the 331 diabetic children. The prevalence of CD was significantly (P = 0.015) higher after 1994 (10.6%) than before 1994 (3.3%). The rapid change in the risk of CD among Italian diabetic children that occurred in the mid-1990 s could be related to changes in environmental factors, namely, eating habits and viral infections.

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