Table 5.

Body mass index of celiac patients with and without gluten-free diet.

Scientific publication	WGFD versus GFD	WGFD versus control	GFD versus control
Bode et al. [25]			Lower
Bardella et al. [26]		Lower	Lower
Gonzalez et al. [27]	Lower	Lower	Lower
Rea et al. [28]		Equal	Equal
Bardella et al. [18]			Lower
Barera et al. [23]		Equal	Equal
Capristo et al. [36]	Lower	Lower	Lower
Capristo et al. [20]	Lower
Duerksen and Leslie [40]		Equal
Kabanni et al. [42]	Lower	Lower
Passananti et al. [21]	Equal
Passananti et al. [21]	Lower
Brambilla et al. [11]			Lower
Valente [43]			Equal
Kurpaa et al. [44]	Equal
Silva et al. [45]			Equal