PMID- 31486579 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200324 LR - 20200324 IS - 1442-200X (Electronic) IS - 1328-8067 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 10 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Score-based diagnostic approach to celiac disease and bone mineral density. PG - 1015-1019 LID - 10.1111/ped.14002 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the performance of a score-based diagnostic approach (SBDA) proposed in the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) 2012 guideline, and the usefulness of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement in SBDA as an objective finding in the diagnosis of celiac disease (CD). METHODS: The SBDA scores of 153 biopsy-proven celiac diagnosed children (derived from symptomatology, serology, human leukocyte antigen [HLA] analysis, histology) were calculated. Additionally, BMD Z scores obtained at diagnosis were also investigated. The diagnostic sensitivity of SBDA was tested in different scenarios in which low BMD was scored as a diagnostic finding. RESULTS: The mean age of children was 9.48 +/- 3.59 years and 54.2% were female. All patients scored >/=4, which is the minimum score to diagnose CD in SBDA. Mean BMD Z score in 142 of 153 patients was -2.70 +/- 1.16, and 73.9% of them were below -2. Moreover, different diagnostic scenarios without histology were tested. In one of them, BMD and HLA were not included and the sensitivity was 85.2%. In another one, low BMD was scored as an equivalent of malabsorption, HLA was not included and sensitivity was 97.2%. The sensitivities of these scenarios were significantly different (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: In the absence of both HLA and histology, accepting low BMD as an equivalent of malabsorption drastically increased the diagnostic sensitivity, while SBDA had limited success. Therefore, BMD might be useful when HLA and biopsy are not available. CI - (c) 2019 Japan Pediatric Society. FAU - Coskun, Mehmet Enes AU - Coskun ME AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2238-188X AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Gaziantep, Ankara, Turkey. FAU - Hizli, Samil AU - Hizli S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6732-493X AD - Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey. FAU - Yavuz, Sibel AU - Yavuz S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6768-238X AD - Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Adana Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. FAU - Temel, Munevver Tugba AU - Temel MT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8636-6641 AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Gaziantep, Ankara, Turkey. LA - eng GR - TF.13.08/Gaziantep Universitesi/ PT - Journal Article PL - Australia TA - Pediatr Int JT - Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society JID - 100886002 SB - IM MH - Algorithms MH - Bone Diseases, Metabolic/*diagnosis/etiology MH - Celiac Disease/complications/*diagnosis MH - Child MH - Female MH - *Health Status Indicators MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Sensitivity and Specificity OTO - NOTNLM OT - bone mineral density OT - celiac disease OT - score-based diagnostic approach EDAT- 2019/09/06 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2019/09/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/09/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/06 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ped.14002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pediatr Int. 2019 Oct;61(10):1015-1019. doi: 10.1111/ped.14002.