| Prevalence of coeliac disease in healthy blood donors: A study from north India. | |
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PMID: 22497903 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Blood donor screening can help predict prevalence of coeliac disease in population. METHODS: Between December 2010 and June 2011, healthy blood donors were screened using anti-tissue glutaminase antibodies. Those positive underwent duodenoscopy. Their age, gender, body mass index and haemoglobin and histological changes were recorded. RESULTS: Of the 1610 blood donors screened, 1581 (98.2%) were males. The mean age of donors was 31.51±9.66 years and the mean body mass index was 22.12±4.24kg/m(2). Nine (0.56%) men were seropositive. Endoscopic features included reduced fold height (9), scalloping (8), grooving (7) and mosaic mucosal pattern (3). Eight had Marsh IIIa changes whilst one had IIIb change. The prevalence of coeliac disease was 1:179 (0.56%, 95% confidence interval 1/366-1/91, 0.27-1.1%). None of the 9 patients had any symptoms. Their mean haemoglobin and body-mass index was similar to rest of the cohort. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of coeliac disease amongst apparently healthy blood donors was 1:179 (0.56%). |
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Rakesh Kochhar; Suchet Sachdev; Rashi Kochhar; Aakash Aggarwal; Vishal Sharma; Kaushal K Prasad; Gurpreet Singh; Chander K Nain; Kartar Singh; Neelam Marwaha |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-10 |
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Title: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver Volume: - ISSN: 1878-3562 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-4-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100958385 Medline TA: Dig Liver Dis Country: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. |
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