Table 1. Summary of screening studies showing the prevalence of celiac disease among autoimmune thyroid disease patients.
References | Country | Population screened | Number of patients with CD | Prevalence of CD (%) |
Collins et al. [17] | Finland | 83 AITD patients | 4 | 4.8 |
Sategna-Guidetti et al. [18] | Italy | 152 AITD patients | 5 | 3.3 |
Cuoco et al. [19] | Italy | 47 Chronic immune thyroiditis patients, 22 HT patients, and 23 GD patients | 4 | 4.3 |
Valentino et al. [20] | Italy | 150 AITD patients | 5 | 3.3 |
Berti et al. [21] | Italy | 172 AITD patients | 5 | 3.5 |
Volta et al. [22] | Italy | 220 AITD patients | 7 | 3.2 |
Larizza et al. [23] | Italy | 90 AITD pediatric patients | 6 | 7.8 |
Meloni et al. [24] | Italy | 297 AITD patients | 13 | 4.4 |
Mainardi et al. [25] | Italy | 100 AITD patients | 2 | 2.0 |
De Martino et al. [26] | Italy | 91 AITD pediatric patients | 9 | 9.9 |
Sari et al. [27] | Turkey | 101 AITD pediatric patients | 5 | 5.0 |
Sahin et al. [28] | Turkey | 66 AITD pediatric patients | 2 | 3.0 |
Farahid et al. [29] | Jordan | 914 HT patients | 39 | 4.3 |
Hadithi et al. [30] | Netherlands | 104 HT patients | 5 | 4.8 |
Mehrdad et al. [31] | Iran | 454 Hypothyroid patients | 2 | 0.4 |
Ch’ng et al. [34] | United Kingdom | 111 GD patients | 5 | 4.5 |
Mankai et al. [35] | Tunisia | 161 GD patients | 3 | 1.9 |
Marwaha et al. [32] | India | 1154 Subjects (577 anti-TPO positive patients and 577 age- and sex-matched controls) | 6.9 Among cases, 3.5 among controls | |
Teixeira et al. [33] | Brazil | 254 AITD patients (143 GD patients and 111 HT patients) | 3 | 1.2 |
Zubarik et al. [44] | United States of America | 498 Hypothyroid patients | 9 | 1.8 |
Sattar et al. [53] | United States of America | 302 AITD patients | 7 | 2.3 |