REPRODUCTIVE ASPECTS IN BRAZILIAN CELIAC WOMEN.

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.