title: [Maternal non-diagnosed celiac disease and risk of low birth weight].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In order to know the prevalence of celiac disease in mothers with newborns weighing less or more than 2,500 g at birth we carried out a case-control study.
  
  
  METHODS
  mothers of newborns in Cabueñes Hospital. Case group: Mothers with babies weighing less than 2,500 g at birth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mothers with babies weighing more than 2,500 g at birth. One control for each case.
  
  
  METHODS
  epidemiological and clinical interviews, and celiac disease serology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We studied 1103 women: 577 cases and 526 controls. We diagnosed 4 celiac disease cases, 2 in the case group and 2 in the control group. These 4 mothers had 3 term newborns (1 case in each 235 mothers; prevalence 0.42%) and 1 preterm newborn (1 case in each 389 mothers; prevalence 0.26%). Two cases had babies with adequate birth weight for their gestational age (1 case in each 419 mothers; prevalence 0.24%) and two cases had babies with low birth weight for their gestational age (1 in each 132 mothers; prevalence 0.75%). The odds ratio for low birth weight was 0.91 (95% CI: 0.12-6.49), the odds ratio for preterm birth was 0.61 (95% CI: 0.06-5.89), ad the odds ratio for low birth weight for gestational age was 3.19 (95% CI: 0.44-22.79).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of celiac disease in fertile women in our geographic area was 0.36% (1 case in each 275 mothers), and no differences were found between study groups.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatria. Hospital de Cabuenes, Gijon, Asturias. gsolis@telefonica.net
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Solís Sánchez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanco Cristóbal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suárez González
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Román Llorente
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández Rodríguez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernández González
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Solís Sánchez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mier Lobato