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Body Mass Index and Associated Clinical Variables in Patients with Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity.

Antonio CarroccioPasquale MansuetoFrancesca FayerMaurizio SoresiAlberto D'alcamoFrancesco La Blasca

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0301 basic medicineAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaClinical variablesHLA haplotypelcsh:TX341-641autoimmune diseaseAutoimmunityDiseaseWheat HypersensitivityOverweightBody Mass Index (BMI)GastroenterologyArticleBody Mass IndexCeliac Disease (CD)03 medical and health sciencesIrritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)0302 clinical medicineThinnessWeight lossInternal medicineHLA-DQ AntigensmedicineHumansIn patientautoimmune diseasesIrritable bowel syndromeRetrospective StudiesNutrition and Dieteticsbusiness.industrynutritional and metabolic diseasesMiddle AgedOverweightmedicine.diseasePrognosis030104 developmental biologyHaplotypesnon-celiac wheat sensitivity (NCWS)030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemalemedicine.symptomUnderweightbusinesslcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supplyBody mass indexFood Science

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Background: Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity (NCWS) is still a largely undefined condition, due to the lack of a diagnostic marker. Few data are available about the nutritional characteristics of NCWS patients at diagnosis. Aims: To evaluate the proportion of NCWS patients who were underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese at diagnosis, and to search for possible correlations between their Body Mass Index (BMI) and other NCWS-related disease characteristics. Patients and Methods: The clinical charts of 145 NCWS patients (125 F, 20 M, mean age 37.1 &plusmn

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-05-29Nutrients
10.3390/nu11061220https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31146428