Table 1.
Papers included in the literature review
| Author, year | N° patients | Demographic data | Period of follow up | Growth indicators at diagnosis (BMI, skeletal age) | Growth indicators after gluten- free diet (BMI, skeletal age) |
| Gemme G. 1999 | 26 (11 M, 15 F) | <3 years | 15,3 years | Tendency to short stature, underweight and retarded skeletal age | Skeletal retardation, slightly below average height |
| Patwari AK, 2005 | 50 | 2-10 years | 1-4 years | Short stature, underweight. | Normalisation of body mass, incomplete recovery in height |
| Oso O, 2006 | 1 | 14 years | 3 years | BMI 37,2 Kg/m2 | BMI 42,7 Kg/m2 |
| Telega G, 2008 | 143 (93 F, 50 M) | 1-17 years | 17 years | 11,2% overweight (BMI >90%) | - |
| Van Dommelen, 2008 | 134 | <2,5 years | - | BMI decrement in patients with clinical manifestations | - |
| Valletta E., 2010 | 149 | Children (median age 6,2 years) | 1 year | 5% malnutrition 23% underweight 11% overweight 3% obese | 21% overweight 4 % obese |
| Venkatasubramani N. 2010 | 143 | childhood | 1 year | 7 pz BMI >95% | 4 pz decreased 2 pz increased 1 pz not available |
| Reilly NR 2011 | 142 | 13 months- 19 years | 3 years | 75% normal 13% overweight 6% obese | 13% of normal became overweihgt 75% of overwheigt decreased BMI |
| Brambilla P, 2013 | 150 | 2-16 years | 4 years | 16% underweight 12% overweight or obese | 8% underweight minimal increase of overweight |
| Capriati T., 2016 | 445 | children | - | 7,8 % overweight or obese | 9,8 % overweight or obese |