Year 2024 / Volume 116 / Number 7
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Assessing mucosal recovery in celiac disease - Time to diagnosis and histological severity as determining factors

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.9968/2023

Laura Rodríguez-Martín, Luis Manuel Vaquero Ayala, Mercedes Hernando Martín, Santiago Vivas Alegre,

Abstract
Background and objectives: there is a huge disparity in mucosal recovery among celiac patients on a gluten-free diet. We report a study to identify associated factors. Methods: celiac cases were collected that had positive celiac serology and villous atrophy at diagnosis, and had undergone a control biopsy after at least 12 months of follow-up. Results: seventy celiac patients were included and had experienced symptoms for 9.05 ± 9.48 years before being diagnosed. After follow-up for 2.93 ± 1.94 years, 34.3 % had complete mucosal recovery and 57.1 % had partial mucosal recovery. In the comparative analysis, there was no relationship between mucosal recovery and sex, age, clinical manifestations or follow-up time from diagnosis to the second biopsy. Time with clinical manifestations before diagnosis was associated with a worse outcome: 2.64 years in patients with full recovery, 4.61 years in patients with partial recovery, and 14.26 years in patients with persistent villous atrophy. Higher transglutaminase antibody titers both at diagnosis and during follow-up were associated with poorer histologic outcomes. We observed higher mucosal recovery rates in patients with mild atrophy versus severe atrophy at diagnosis. Conclusions: in spite of a gluten-free diet, a significant proportion of patients have persistent histologic changes. Time with clinical manifestations before diagnosis is key for histological severity and recovery.
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Introduction: Celiac disease produces intestinal damage due to ingestion of gluten. Gluten-free diet (GFD) is presently the sole effective treatment for celiac disease. However, there is great disparity in mucosal recovery among celiac patients on a gluten-free diet. We report a study to identify associated factors with mucosal recovery. Methods: Celiac case were collected that had positive celiac serology and villous atrophy at diagnosis, and had undergone a control biopsy after at least 12 months of follow-up. Results: We included 70 celiac patients and had experienced symptoms for 9.05 years before being diagnosed. After follow-up for 2.93 years, 34.3 % had complete mucosal recovery and 57.1 % had partial mucosal recovery. In the comparative analysis we found no relationship between mucosal recovery and sex, age, clinical manifestations or follow-up time from diagnosis to second biopsy. Time with clinical manifestations before diagnosis and higher transglutaminase antibody titers both at diagnosis and during follow-up were associated with poorer histologic outcomes. Conclusions: In spite of gluten-free diet, a significant proportion of patients have persistent histologic changes. Time with clinical manifestations before diagnosis is key for histological severity and recovery.
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Received: 19/09/2023

Accepted: 06/12/2023

Online First: 11/01/2024

Published: 08/07/2024

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