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.
HEADINGS:
Celiac disease; Spontaneous abortion; Menarche