Research Article
Normalization of Anti Tissue Trans-glutaminase
Antibodies in Patients with Histologically Confirmed
Celiac Disease: A Retrospective Analysis
Author(s):
Jawa H, Khatib H*, Almani I, Etaiwi A, Alharbi A, Ajaj A, Alsahafi M, Bokhary R, Mosli M and Qari Y
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Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients diagnosed with celiac
disease based on histological criteria between 2013 and 2018 at King Abdulaziz
University Hospital (KAUH). Baseline patient demographics, clinical, endoscopic,
histological and follow up data was ascertained from the hospitals’ electronic medical
records. The main primary outcome of interest was rate of and time to normalization
of anti TTG antibodies. Logistic and Cox proportional regression analysis were used
to identify predictors of the main outcome. Odds Ratio (ORs) and Hazard Ratios (HR)
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