Predictors of Subsequent Celiac Disease Seropositivity in Patients Diagnosed with Duodenal Villus Atrophy on Upper Endoscopy.

Age and ethnicity may be helpful when stratifying the likelihood of CD in the absence of supporting serologies. A majority of patients (69%) diagnosed with VA without prior CD serologies have negative serologies, consistent with seronegative CD or the spectrum of non-celiac enteropathies for which further evaluation is needed.