title: Increased prevalence of celiac disease in patients with unexplained infertility in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether there might be an increased prevalence of undiagnosed celiac disease among a population of infertile women using serologic screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective cohort study was performed at an academic infertility clinic in the United States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence of celiac disease in this population was 2.1% (4/188). There was a significantly increased prevalence (5.9%) of undiagnosed celiac disease among women presenting with unexplained infertility (n = 51).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women with unexplained infertility are at increased risk for having undiagnosed celiac disease, which may be a potentially modifiable (and treatable) risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Center for Women's Reproductive Care and the Celiac Disease Center, Columbia University, New York, New York 10019, USA. jmc30@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebwohl
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Susie K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Mark V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: Peter H R
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology*; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies