OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the effects on
hematological parameters of the gluten-free diet in
celiac disease children.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Firstly, children with celiac
disease were identified in our clinic. Then, retrospectively,
among these patients who were able to perform
gluten-free diet correctly were specified. Hematological
parameters of these patients were compared during the
diagnosis and 6 months after the gluten-free diet.
RESULTS: Sixty-seven of 97 children with celiac disease
were included in the study. Forty-four patients were
female (66.7%), 22 patients were male (33.3%) and the
mean age of diagnosis was 7.1 ± 4.2 years. The most common
hematologic disorders in patients were thrombocytosis
in 38 patients (57.5%) and anemia in 28 patients
(42.2%). Twenty-four patients with anemia (36.6%) had
iron deficiency anemia, two patients with anemia (3%)
had folate deficiency and one patient with anemia (1.5%)
had vitamin B12 deficiency. After 6 months of gluten-free
diet, only 8 patients (13%) had anemia. After the gluten-
free diet, platelet counts decreased from 351.2 ± 11.0
(103 / μL) to 310.5 ± 82.0 (103 / μL), leukocyte count decreased
from 8.82 ± 3.04 (103 / μL) to 8.04 ± 2.56 and mean
platelet volume decreased from 10.08 ± 1.07 fl to 9.5 ±
1.19 fl. It was determined that there was a significant increase
in hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume and red
cell distribution width values.
CONCLUSIONS: The most common hematological
findings in children with celiac disease are thrombocytosis
and anemia. An improvement has been observed
in anemia after gluten-free diet. In addition, many
hemostasis parameters have been improved with the
gluten-free diet.
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Bölüm | Makaleler-Araştırma Yazıları |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 26 Ekim 2018 |
Kabul Tarihi | 20 Aralık 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 4 |