Celiac disease is common throughout the world and study says it affects around one in 100 to one in 300 of the population.This prevalence is significantly higher than that recognized 20 years ago. In North India is as hire as 96 : 1(Studied in 2011).
The risk of having celiac disease is much greater in first-degree relatives (up to 10%) and less so in second-degree relatives, as well in people with diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, Down’s syndrome, and a number of other associated diseases.
A clinically severe onset may occur during pregnancy or during the puerperium in up to 17% of female patients. The female-to-male ratio is 2 : 1.
A key study by Fasano et al. in 2003 found that the prevalence of CD was as
follows:
• At risk, first-degree relatives: one in 10
• At risk, second-degree relatives: one in 39
• At risk, symptomatic patients: one in 56
• Groups not at risk: one in 100
Archna Shah
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