Age-Dependent Trends in the Celiac Disease: A Tertiary Center Experience

Autor: Alexander Krauthammer, Luba Marderfeld, Yael Mozer-Glassberg, Noam Zevit, Raanan Shamir, Ari Silbermintz, Manar Matar, Vered Nachmias Friedler, Orith Waisbourd-Zinman, Amit Assa, Michal Rozenfeld Bar Lev, Anat Guz-Mark
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 72(6)
ISSN: 1536-4801
Popis: OBJECTIVES Celiac disease (CD) is a common intestinal autoimmune disorder with diverse presenting features. We aimed to determine age-dependent patterns in CD presentation, diagnosis and management at a large tertiary referral center. METHODS A retrospective review of electronic medical records of pediatric patients diagnosed with CD between January 1999 and December 2018 at Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel. We compared demographics, clinical and laboratory parameters between four age groups at CD presentation. RESULTS A cohort of 932 children was divided into four groups by age (in years) at diagnosis: 0-3 (17.9%), 3-6 (31.8%), 6-12 (34.5%), 12-18 (15.8%). The youngest age group presented more frequently with diarrhea, weight loss, abdominal distention, vomiting and lower weight z scores, P
Databáze: OpenAIRE