GENDER PREVALENCE IN CELIAC DISEASE
Abstract
Objective: There is no data showing which gender is predominantly affected by ce-
liac disease (CD) available from Pakistan. This study was aimed to determine which
gender is more affected by celiac disease.
Material and methods:
This cross sectional study was performed at Fatima Memo-rial Hospital, Lahore-Pakistan. 121 patients were recruited in the study according
to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Every patient went through upper gastro-
intestinal endoscopy, as duodenal biopsy is the gold standard of the diagnosis.
Histopathological evaluation was done according to Modified Marsh classifica-
tion.
Results:
Out of 121 patients, 14 were diagnosed to have celiac disease. Out of
14 patients 11 (78.5%) were females and 3 (21.5%) were males.
Conclusions:
Females are predominantly associated with celiac disease with female to male ratio of3.6:1.
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