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    Celiac Disease Death Rates Increase Dramatically for the Undiagnosed and Untreated

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    Lancet 2001; 358: 356-61


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    Celiac.com 08/10/2001 - In line with past studies on the mortality rate of people with celiac disease, the results of a new study conducted by Dr. Giovanni Corrao (Cattedra di Statistica Medica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy), et. al., indicate that the death rate among people with celiac disease is double that of the normal population. The prospective cohort study examined 1,072 adults who were diagnosed with celiac disease between 1962 and 1994, and their 3,384 first-degree relatives. The mortality rates by 1998 among both groups were compared to that of the normal population.

    Their findings show that 53 people in the celiac disease group died compared with the 25.9 deaths that were expected (Standardized Mortality Ratio - SMR). Unlike past studies, however, this one also looked for different patterns of clinical presentation of the disease. For example, the results indicate that within three years of diagnosis there was a significant increase in the mortality rate for those who presented symptoms of malabsorption. This same increase was not seen in those who were originally diagnosed because of minor symptoms, or via an antibody screening. The SMR also increased when there was a delay in diagnosis, and when a gluten-free diet was not followed. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was the main cause of death, and no excess in mortality rate was seen in the groups first-degree relatives.

    Conclusion: Prompt diagnosis and dietary treatment will decrease the mortality rate of people with celiac disease. More studies are needed regarding asymptomatic people with celiac disease and their risk of intestinal lymphoma.

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    Scott Adams was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1994, and, due to the nearly total lack of information available at that time, was forced to become an expert on the disease in order to recover. In 1995 he launched the site that later became Celiac.com to help as many people as possible with celiac disease get diagnosed so they can begin to live happy, healthy gluten-free lives.  He is co-author of the book Cereal Killers, and founder and publisher of the (formerly paper) newsletter Journal of Gluten Sensitivity. In 1998 he founded The Gluten-Free Mall which he sold in 2014. Celiac.com does not sell any products, and is 100% advertiser supported.

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