Table 2 Prevalence of biopsy-confirmed CD in Asia–Pacific region among not at-risk population.

From: Prevalence of celiac disease in low and high risk population in Asia–Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author

Country

Region

Year of study

Population

Sample size

Age (mean)

Serology tests

Risk of bias

Prevalence of biopsy-confirmed (%)

Male

Female

Total

Cook23

New Zealand

Pacific

2000

Adults

1064

50.2

EMAa,b

Moderate

5/448 (1.11)

8/619 (1.29)

13/1,064 (1.22)

Hovell24

Australia

Pacific

2001

Adults

3011

EMAa

Moderate

7/3,011 (0.23)

Shamir25

Israel

Middle East

2000–2001

Adults

1571

40.7

t-TGa

EMAa

Moderate

8/1217 (0.65)

2/354 (0.56)

10/1571 (0.63)

Shahbazkhani26

Iran

Middle East

2003

Adults

2000

35.5

AGAa

EMAa

Moderate

10/1580 (0.63)

2/420 (0.47)

12/2000 (0.60)

Israeli27

Israel

Middle East

2003

Adults

850

18

t-TGa EMAa,b

Moderate

6/850 (0.70)

Tatar10

Turkey

Middle East

2001–2003

Adults

2000

33

t-TGa,b

Moderate

12/1914 (0.62)

2/86 (2.32)

14/2000 (0.70)

Saberi-Firouzi11

Iran

Middle East

2004

Adults

1440

45.5

t-TGa EMAa

Low

2/1440 (0.14)

Akbari28

Iran

Middle East

2003–2004

Adults

2795

33.7

t-TGa

EMAa

Low

14/1398 (1)

13/1401(0.92)

27/2,799 (0.96)

Sood29

India

South Asia

2003–2004

Children

4347

10.7

t-TGa

Low

4/2380 (0.16)

10/1,976 (0.5)

14/4,347 (0.32)

Ertekin12

Turkey

Middle East

2005

Children

1263

11.9

t-TGa

Moderate

4/687 (0.58)

3/576 (0.52)

7/1,263 (0.55)

Bahari30

Iran

Middle East

2006–2007

Adults

1600

33.2

t-TGa,b

Moderate

14/1418 (0.98)

0/182

14/1600 (0.87)

Dalgic13

Turkey

Middle East

2006–2008

Children

20,190

11.6

t-TGa EMAa,b

Moderate

34/10,368 (0.33)

61/9,822 (0.62)

95/20,190 (0.47)

Farahmand31

Iran

Middle East

2006–2008

Children

634

12.8

t-TGa

Moderate

3/634 (0.47)

Makharia16

India

South Asia

2008–2009

Both

10,488

22.45

t-TGa

Moderate

48/5,305 (0.91)

61/5,183 (1.20)

109/10,488 (1.04)

Makharia16

India

South Asia

2008–2009

Adults

6845

34.4

t-TGa

Moderate

58/6,845 (0.85)

Makharia16

India

South Asia

2008–2009

Children

3643

10.5

t-TGa

Moderate

51/3,643 (1.41)

Bhattacharya32

India

South Asia

2009

Children

400

5.6

t-TGa,b

Low

1/228 (0.4)

3/172 (1.7)

4/400 (1)

Sezgin18

Turkey

Middle East

2011–2013

Adults

1554

42.1

t-TGa,b

DGPa,b

Moderate

0/772

6/782 (0.76)

6/1,554 (0.39)

Dehghani20

Iran

Middle East

2013

Children

1500

9.5

t-TGa

Low

4/825 (0.48)

5/675 (0.74)

9/1500 (0.6)

Hatlani21

Saudi Arabia

Middle East

2012–2014

Children

1141

11

t-TGa

Moderate

4/454 (0.9)

6/687 (0.9)

10/1,141 (0.9)

Fukunaga33

Japan

East Asia

2014–2016

Adults

2008

53

t-TGa

EMAa

Moderate

1/1351 (0.07)

0/657

1/2008 (0.05)