Prevalence of celiac disease in a cohort of women with unexplained infertility.
Several European studies have suggested a higher prevalence of celiac disease (CD) among infertile women (4% to 8%) compared with the general population (<1%). We screened a cohort of women with unexplained infertility in Northern California for the serum markers of CD, tissue transglutaminase and endomysium antibodies (EMA). Given that only one woman out of 121 (0.8%) screened positive for CD, it appears that CD is about as prevalent in this cohort of infertile women as in the general U.S. population (<1%).
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jennifer E
JE
Jackson
Mitchell
M
Rosen
Tracey
T
McLean
Jacqueline
J
Moro
Mary
M
Croughan
Marcelle I
MI
Cedars
D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D011503:Transglutaminases