Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of RAS in CD patients

Authors, years	Number of CD patients	Prevalence (%)
Sedghizadeh et al, 2002 [15]	61	41.0
Present study, 2007	50	36.0
Bucci et al., 2006 [19]*	72	33.3
Andersson-Wenckert 1984 [13]	19	26.3
Sood et al, 2003 [21]	96	19.8
Petrecca et al, 1994 [18] *	29	17.0
Majorana et al, 1992 [20]*	113	16.8
Lähteenoja et al, 1998 [22]	128	3.7

* = study performed among Italian individuals