Cigarette smoking and risk of celiac disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

A negative association between cigarette smoking and celiac disease has been observed but results were inconsistent across the published studies. A meta-analysis was conducted with the aim to identify all studies that investigated this association and to summarize the results of those studies.

Methods

A comprehensive literature review was conducted utilizing MEDLINE and Embase databases through March 2018 to identify all cohort studies and case-control studies that compared the risk of celiac disease among current and/or former smokers versus never-smokers. Effect estimates from each study were extracted and combined together using the random-effect, generic inverse variance method of DerSimonian and Laird.

Results

A total of seven studies with 3

SUBMITTER: Wijarnpreecha K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206527 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature