Spectrum of height in patients with celiac disease.

Nishant AggarwalVignesh DwarakanathanAlka SinghAshish AgarwalAkhilesh KhuttanAnam AhmedMahendra Singh RajputAshish ChauhanVikas BanyalAnil K VermaVipin GuptaRakesh LodhaVineet AhujaGovind Kumar Makharia

Published in: Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2021)

Overall, 19.6% of adults and 57.9% of adolescents with CeD had short stature. While the mean height of adult men with CeD was not significantly different from the population controls, women were taller. Adolescents with CeD were significantly shorter than their peers.

Keyphrases

celiac disease
young adults
body mass index
physical activity
polycystic ovary syndrome
childhood cancer
middle aged
metabolic syndrome