REPRODUCTIVE ASPECTS IN BRAZILIAN CELIAC WOMEN

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic enteropathy in response to ingestion of gluten. CD was associated with gynecological disorders. OBJECTIVE: In this retrospective study, we aimed to investigate the age of menarche, age of menopause, number of pregnancies and abortions in Brazilian celiac patients. METHODS: We studied 214 women diagnosed with CD and as control group 286 women were investigated. RESULTS: Regarding the mean age of menarche, a significant difference was found (12.6±1.40 in CD and 12.8±1.22 years in healthy group; P=0.04). Regarding abortions, in CD women 38/214 (17.8%) and 28/286 (9.8%) in the control group reported abortion (P=0.0092, OR:1.98; CI95%=1.1- 3.3). There was no significant difference in the mean age of menopause nor number of pregnancies per woman. CONCLUSION: In this study, we found that celiac women had a higher mean age of menarche and higher risk of spontaneous abortions.

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Main Authors:	KOTZE,Lorete Maria da Silva, MALLMANN,Andyara, MIECZNIKOWSKI,Rebeca C, CHRISOSTOMO,Kadija Rahal, KOTZE,Luiz Roberto, NISIHARA,Renato
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia e Outras Especialidades - IBEPEGE. 2020
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032020000100107
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