PMID- 22457854
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120817
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1842-1121 (Electronic)
IS  - 1841-8724 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2012 Mar
TI  - Patients with coeliac disease are increasingly overweight or obese on 
      presentation.
PG  - 11-5
AB  - BACKGROUND: Historically weight loss is a classic symptom of Coeliac Disease 
      (CD). Recent studies suggest CD sufferers are significantly more likely to be 
      obese or underweight at the time of presentation. This study aimed to establish 
      the frequency of obesity in newly diagnosed Coeliac Disease (CD). METHODS: 
      Dietetic records of CD patients were reviewed and patient demographics, initial 
      assessment date, and Body Mass Index (BMI) recorded and statistically analysed. 
      RESULTS: out of 187 CD patients diagnosed between 1999 and 2009, 127 patients 
      were female (68%) and 60 male (32%) (ratio 2:1). Overall median age was 54 years 
      (range 18 to 87). Median BMI was 23.6, inter-quartile range (IQR) 21.5 - 28.1. 
      Male median BMI was 23.9, IQR 21.8 - 27.3. Female median BMI was 23.2, IQR 21.4 - 
      28.6. Overall 83 patients (44%) had a BMI of 25 or above. No significant 
      difference was found in the proportion of patients with a BMI of 25 or above when 
      compared according to gender, age or year of referral. Twenty-five patients (13 
      %) had a BMI of 30 or above. Twenty were female with a median age of 56 years 
      (range 18 - 71). The proportion of females with a BMI of 30 or more was 11% 
      compared with only 3% males (ratio 5:1). Only 5 patients (3%) had a BMI less than 
      18.5. CONCLUSION: A significant proportion of CD patients (close to half of 
      patients) were diagnosed with a BMI of 25 or over. Compared to males, females 
      have a wider range of BMI and more likely to be obese (BMI of 30 or more).
FAU - Tucker, Elizabeth
AU  - Tucker E
AD  - Institute of Health and Society, Worcester University, Worcester, School of 
      Clinical and Experimental Medicine, UK.
FAU - Rostami, Kamran
AU  - Rostami K
FAU - Prabhakaran, Sudhakaran
AU  - Prabhakaran S
FAU - Al Dulaimi, Daivid
AU  - Al Dulaimi D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Romania
TA  - J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
JT  - Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD
JID - 101272825
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Celiac Disease/*complications
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology/*etiology
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/03/30 06:00
MHDA- 2012/08/18 06:00
CRDT- 2012/03/30 06:00
PHST- 2012/03/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/08/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 4 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2012 Mar;21(1):11-5.