Table 3 Prevalence of biopsy-confirmed of CD in Asia–Pacific region among 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

Risk

factor

Sample size

Age

(Mean)

Serology tests

Risk of Bias

Prevalence of biopsy-confirmed (%)

Male

Female

Total

Gale34

Australia

Pacific

1997

Adults

DS

55

37

AGAa EMAa

Moderate

2/55 (3.6)

Pham-Short35

Australia

Pacific

1990–2009

Children

DM1

4,379

6.6

t-TGa

EMAa

Moderate

147/2,147 (6.8)

38/2,232 (1.7)

185/4,379 (4.2)

Imanzadeh36

Iran

Middle East

1997–2003

Children

Diarrhea

825

8.5

AGAa EMAa

Moderate

24/430 (5.6)

30/395 (7.6)

54/825 (8.9)

Al-Qabandi37

Kuwait

Middle East

1998–2010

Children

DM1

47

66 M

EMA, AGAa,b

Moderate

1/16 (6.2)

2/31(6.4)

3/47 (6.4)

Shahbazkhani38

Iran

Middle East

2000–2001

*Both

DM1

250

18.7

EMAa

Low

0/102

6/148 (4.05)

6/250 (2.4)

Moayeri39

Iran

Middle East

2003–2004

Children

DM1

87

11.7

t-TGa

EMAa

Moderate

1/43 (2.3)

2/44 (4.5)

3/87 (3.4)

Bhadada40

India

South Asia

2002–2008

*Both

DM1

189

10.8

t-TGa

Moderate

9/93 (9.7)

12/96 (12.5)

21/189 (11.1)

Aygun41

Turkey

Middle East

2005

Adults

DM1

122

EMAa

Moderate

1/54 (1.8)

2/68 (2.9)

3/122 (2.4)

Alanay42

Turkey

Middle East

2005

Children

DS

100

6.01

EMAa

Moderate

-

-

1/100 (1)

Sari43

Turkey

Middle East

2005–2006

Children

ATD

101

12.28

t-TGa

Moderate

0/11

5/90 (5.5)

5/101 (4.9)

Wang44

China

East Asia

2005–2008

Children

Diarrhea

118

EMAa

t-TGa

Low

12/85 (14.1)

2/33 (6.1)

14/118 (11.8)

Sari45

Turkey

Middle East

2006–2007

*Both

DM1

48

12.09

t-TGa,b

Low

1/18 (5.6)

2/30 (6.7)

3/48 (6.2)

Guliter46

Turkey

Middle East

2006–2007

Adults

ATD

136

43.1

t-TGa

Moderate

1/18 (5.6)

7/118 (6)

8/136 (5.9)

Rostami Nejad47

Iran

Middle East

2007–2008

Adults

Dyspeptic

407

36.1

t-TGa,b

Low

3/193 (1.5)

7/214 (3.3)

10/ 407 (2.4)

Bhat48

India

South Asia

2007–2009

Children

DS

100

2–18

EMAa

t-TGa

Moderate

-

-

6/100 (6)

Saadah49

Saudi Arabia

Middle East

2007–2011

Children

DS

51

3.58

t-TGa

Moderate

-

-

1/51 (2)

Sharifi50

Iran

Middle East

2008

*Both

DM1

100

21.8

t-TGa

Moderate

3/42 (7.1)

5/58 (8.6)

8/100 (8)

Mehrdad51

Iran

Middle East

2008–2010

*Both

ATD

454

39.4

t-TGa

EMAa

Low

0/49

2/405 (0.5)

2/454 (0.4)

Srivastava52

India

Middle East

2008–2010

Children

FDR

91

9.5

t-TGa

Moderate

4/91 (4.4)

Al-Hussaini53

Saudi Arabia

Middle East

2008–2010

Children

DM1

106

8.5

t-TGa

EMAa

Moderate

1/44 (2.3)

11/62 (17.7)

12/106 (11.3)

Mahmoodi54

Iran

Middle East

2009–2012

*Both

IBD

1,000

29

t-TGa

Moderate

21/497 (4.2)

36/503 (7.1)

57/1,000 (5.7)

Watanabe55

Japan

East Asia

2009–2012

Adults

IBD

172

43.1

t-TGa

DGPa

Moderate

1/102 (1)

0/70

1/172 (0.6)

Mishra56

India

South Asia

2009–2014

Adults

FDR

434

29.8

t-TGa

Moderate

22/434 (5.1)

Al-Sinani57

Oman

Middle East

2011–2012

Children

DM1

91

10.8

t-TGa

Moderate

2/53 (3.8)

3/38 (7.9)

5/91 (5.5)

Dogan58

Turkey

Middle East

2012

Adults

FDR

484

t-TGa

Moderate

23/484 (4.8)

Dogan59

Turkey

Middle East

2012–2013

Adults

DM1

425

37.6

EMAa

Moderate

7/231 (3)

3/194 (1.5)

10/425 (2.3)

Honar60

Iran

Middle East

2013

Children

DM1

83

10.38

t-TGa,b

Moderate

1/34 (3)

3/49 (6.1)

4/83 (4.8)

Fukunaga33

Japan

East Asia

2014–2016

Adults

Abdominal

47

53

t-TGa

EMAa

Moderate

1/21 (4.7)

0/26

1/47 (2.13)

Yildirmaz61

Turkey

Middle East

2016

Children

DM1

218

12.9

t-TGa

Low

6/101

5/117 (4.3)

11/218 (5)

  1. EMA Anti-endomysial antibodies, AGA Anti-gliadin antibodies, t-TG tissue transglutaminase, DGP deamidated gliadin peptides.
  2. *Adults and children together, DM1 Diabetes Mellitus type1, DS Down syndrome, IBD Inflammatory bowel disease, ATD autoimmune thyroiditis diseases, FDR first-degree relatives.
  3. aIgA.
  4. bIgG.