McMaster University researchers have established a connection between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and celiac disease.
McMaster University researchers have established a connection between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and celiac disease.
A systematic review and meta-analysis at the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at McMaster in collaboration with the Society for the Study of Celiac Disease has determined there is a nine-fold increased risk of having IBD for patients with a previous diagnosis of celiac disease. Similarly, the risk for celiac disease is increased in IBD patients, though to a smaller extent.
The details were published today in Gastroenterology.
“Clinicians have always suspected that IBD and celiac disease may be linked, however a clear association was never established,” said first study author Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez, associate professor of medicine and member of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at McMaster. She is a gastroenterologist with Hamilton Health Sciences.
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Image: Elena Verdu is a professor of medicine and scientist in the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at McMaster University (Credit: Photo courtesy McMaster University)
