Bone Mineral Density in Children with CD (2006)

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Bone mineral density in children with celiac disease. Effect of a Gluten-free diet.


Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Mar;60(3):358-63. Related Articles, Links

Tau C, Mautalen C, De Rosa S, Roca A, Valenzuela X.

1Metabolismo Calcico y Oseo, Endocrinologia, Hospital de Pediatria J.P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Objective:To assess the degree of osteopenia in children with celiac disease (CD) at the time of diagnosis and the effect of a gluten-free diet (GFD).Design:Longitudinal and prospective study.Subjets:In total, 24 children (18 girls, six boys) diagnosed with CD by means of an intestinal biopsy were included in the study. Mean+/-s.d. age was 4.9+/-4.3 years. In all, 16 patients were under (2.20+/-0.82 year) and eight were over the age of 4 years (10.30+/-2.90 year). The time between the first symptoms and diagnosis was 17.30+/-24.70 months (range: 2-109 months). Spine bone mineral content (BMC), area and bone mineral density (BMD) were measured by DXA at baseline and 1.17+/-0.93 years after GFD.Results:Before treatment, mean+/-s.d. BMD was 0.46+/-0.13 g/cm(2), the BMD Z-score was -1.36+/-1.20, and was below -1 s.d. in 14 patients (58%). BMC, area and BMD increased significantly on GFD. BMD increased from 0.46+/-0.13 to 0.55+/-0.13 g/cm(2) (P<0.001). BMD Z-score improved from -1.36+/-1.20 to -0.23+/-1.20 after GFD. However, BMD increased more than 1 s.d. in 15 of the 16 children under the age of 4 years, a similar increase was only observed in four of the eight children aged more than 4 years, some of whom did not follow GFD strictly. Height and weight increased significantly with GFD (P<0.001) and the increase correlated positively with the increase in BMD.Conclusions:Axial BMD below -1 s.d. was found in 58% of children with celiac disease. Axial bone mass reverted to normal values in most children under the age of 4, who had low bone mass, all of whom followed GFD strictly.European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2006) 60, 358-363. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602323; published online 30 November 2005.

PMID: 16319837 [PubMed - in process]

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