Clinical Study

Frequency of Celiac Disease in Patients with Hypothyroidism

Table 3

Prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in autoimmune thyroid disease.

Authors (year of publication)Population screenedPrevalence of CD

Valentino et al. (1999) [12]150 autoimmune thyroid disease3.3%
Berti et al. (2000) [13]172 autoimmune thyroid disease3.5%
Volta et al. (2001) [14]220 autoimmune thyroid disease3.2%
Larizza et al. (2001) [15]90 pediatric autoimmune thyroid disease7.8%
Meloni et al. (2001) [16]297 autoimmune thyroid disease4.4%
Mainardi et al. (2002) [17]100 autoimmune thyroid disease2%
Ch’ng et al. (2005) [18]115 Graves’ disease4.5%
Hadithi et al. (2007) [5]104 Hashimoto’s thyroiditis4.8%