Efficacy of a High-Iron Dietary Intervention in Women with Celiac Disease and Iron Deficiency without Anemia: A Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Iron deficiency without anemia (IDWA) is a common finding in celiac disease (CD) and can also persist in case of good compliance and clinical response to a strict gluten-free diet (GFD). This scenario usually presents in CD women of child-bearing age in whom the imbalance between menstrual iron loss and inadequate iron intake from their diet plays the major role. A recommended approach to this condition is yet to be established. This study aimed to compare, in this subset of patients, the efficacy of a dietary approach consisting of an iron-rich diet against the traditional pharmacological oral-replacement therapy.

Material and methods

Between February and December 2016, consecutive CD female patients of child-bearing age as referred to our outpatient cent

SUBMITTER: Scricciolo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7400798 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature