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A Large Multicenter Study

Alessio Fasano, MD; Irene Berti, MD; Tania Gerarduzzi, MD; Tarcisio Not, MD; Richard B. Colletti, MD; Sandro Drago, MS; Yoram Elitsur, MD; Peter H. R. Green, MD; Stefano Guandalini, MD; Ivor D. Hill, MD; Michelle Pietzak, MD; Alessandro Ventura, MD; Mary Thorpe, MS; Debbie Kryszak, BS; Fabiola Fornaroli, MD; Steven S. Wasserman, PhD; Joseph A. Murray, MD; Karoly Horvath, MD, PhD

Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:286-292.

Background  Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathic condition triggered in genetically susceptible individuals by the ingestion of gluten. Although common in Europe, CD is thought to be rare in the United States, where there are no large epidemiologic studies of its prevalence. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of CD in at-risk and not-at-risk groups in the United States.

Methods  Serum antigliadin antibodies and anti–endomysial antibodies (EMA) were measured. In EMA-positive subjects, human tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies and CD-associated human leukocyte antigen DQ2/DQ8 haplotypes were determined. Intestinal biopsy was recommended and performed whenever possible for all EMA-positive subjects. A total of 13 145 subjects were screened: 4508 first-degree and 1275 second-degree relatives of patients with biopsy-proven CD, 3236 symptomatic patients (with either gastrointestinal symptoms or a disorder associated with CD), and 4126 not-at-risk individuals.

Results  In at-risk groups, the prevalence of CD was 1:22 in first-degree relatives, 1:39 in second-degree relatives, and 1:56 in symptomatic patients. The overall prevalence of CD in not-at-risk groups was 1:133. All the EMA-positive subjects who underwent intestinal biopsy had lesions consistent with CD.

Conclusions  Our results suggest that CD occurs frequently not only in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, but also in first- and second-degree relatives and patients with numerous common disorders even in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms. The prevalence of CD in symptomatic patients and not-at-risk subjects was similar to that reported in Europe. Celiac disease appears to be a more common but neglected disorder than has generally been recognized in the United States.

From the Center for Celiac Research (Drs Fasano, Fornaroli, and Horvath, Mr Drago, and Mss Thorpe and Kryszak), Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (Drs Fasano and Horvath, Mr Drago, and Mss Thorpe and Kryszak), and Center for Vaccine Development (Dr Wasserman), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore; Istituto per l'Infanzia Burlo Garofalo, Trieste, Italy (Drs Berti, Gerarduzzi, Not, and Ventura); Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Vermont, Burlington (Dr Colletti); Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV (Dr Elitsur); Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY (Dr Green); Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and University of Chicago Celiac Disease Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill (Dr Guandalini); Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (Dr Hill); Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles (Dr Pietzak); and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn (Dr Murray).

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